Managing your own energy supply can offer high rewards, but not without risks. How can REBO expand or enhance energy management capabilities for Facility Managers?

For the corporate energy manager REBO offers the ability to expand or enhance their energy management capabilities. Our services work well for single large or multiple facility clients. From stand alone products that allow the energy manager to make fact based decisions to full data management and functional services, REBO can help the energy manager to make informed decisions and satisfy his internal and external reporting needs.

Will REBO help reduce your energy costs and improve your ability to forecast expenditures? We have developed a checklist of questions and some ideas to help you determine whether REBO services may be right for you:

Do you understand how your facility uses energy? Can you look at the shape of a facilities consumption profile and determine whether there are opportunities to reduce energy costs?

We can help you develop a shaped facility consumption profile to identify changes in operations and potential facility upgrades that will reduce your energy use and costs.

Do you know what your electric budget should be for next year? What if the weather is hotter than normal? What if it's colder than normal? How will these variations in weather affect your budget?

We can also help you better understand the effect of weather on your electric loads, so that you can develop more accurate energy forecasts.

Are you paying for services from your energy suppliers that you don't need? Are you paying a risk premium for load volatility that can be reduced?

We can help you prepare to procure electric supply more effectively. With more precise information on your usage patterns, you can ensure that you are not paying for expensive option and risk premiums that you don't need.

Could you save money through self-supply of your electric needs?

Finally, with the ability to accurately model and forecast your energy loads, you may have opportunities for self-supply that were not previously available to you. At a minimum, you should be able to evaluate self-supply as an option against purchasing from energy retailers.

Are your wholesale or retail contracts giving you the product you need? Are you assuming risk or leaving money on the table by using energy in a way that is not consistent with your supply? Not sure how to go about preparing a request for proposal (RFP) for your electric supply?

We can help you through the whole self supply process from determining your needs and creating an RFP, through proposal evaluation, supply and contract negotiations. REBO has helped to develop and reviewed many wholesale and retail contracts. We can help you determine if your contracts properly manage your risk, or, if they don't, to suggest changes that will.

Are you subject to power factor penalties from the utility? Have electric suppliers refused to supply your needs until you fix your power factor problem?

Poor power factors can be caused by the type of equipment you operate and how you operate that equipment. REBO can help you evaluate your equipment and operations and make recommendations that will improve your power factor.

Can you make changes to your operation that will get you a better electric price? Have suppliers refused to serve your load because it is too unpredictable or "peaky?"

A review of your operations prior getting electric supply quotes could get you a lower price. Electric suppliers prefer customers with uniform and predictable usage, and charge premiums for loads that don't meet their criteria. We can review your use patterns and operating rules, and recommend changes that could lower your electric bill.