Electric Utility
Least Cost Planning      Is your company having a difficult time in deciding on an appropriate mix between firm and interruptible electric purchases and generation or cogeneration?  Are the complexities of electric industry deregulation leaving you confused and understaffed?  Henry Nickell of Energy Analytics Corporation has dealt with electric energy supply options for over 20 years.  Early in his energy career, he evaluated and built cogeneration and alternative energy generation plants to serve industrial customers and served as an advisor to the Gas Research Institute's industrial cogeneration group.  He later managed an extensive evaluation of the Tennessee Valley Authority's generation and nuclear construction program.  He managed an evaluation of the feasibility of constructing generation facilities and acquiring a portfolio of short and long-term electric supply contracts to meet the needs of a 2500 MW customer using least cost planning methodology to identify the appropriate mix of generation technologies and purchases to optimize cost based on the customers load duration curve.  Least cost planning methodology allows for comparison between the construction of different generation technologies to determine the most cost-effective option given the desired load duration curve and projected levelized costs (including forecasted fuel prices) for competing generation technologies.  If you are considering building electric generation and want to identify the most cost-effective option or to look at comparisons between constructing facilities and purchased power, contact Energy Analytics Corporation.  Mr. Nickell has dealt with regulatory comments which precipitated orders 888 and 889.  He has considerable experience in evaluating and negotiating electric supply contracts for industrial customers in the California electric markets.

Risk Management      Do you know the level of risk that your traders are taking?  Are your traders making short-term trades without looking at a longer-term view of the markets?   Even though your company may not be sure which direction energy prices are heading, companies can develop a realistic appraisal of their market situation based on fundamental, quantitative, and technical analysis and apply the resulting outlook to a balanced approach to hedge the price of their energy portfolio.  If you're having problems or would be more comfortable with an experienced, third party perspective on your trading and risk management operations, contact Energy Analytics Corporation for assistance.

Henry Nickell of Energy Analytics Corporation. has been involved in the NYMEX natural gas futures contract since before the contract's inception in 1991. His group was the first municipal group to obtain approval to operate a futures hedging program for the NYMEX contract.  He has extensive experience in managing the use of futures, options, and financial derivatives in the development in operations of risk management programs.

It is particularly important in the management of any successful risk management program to identify longer-term trends, probable breakout levels, and long-term reversal signals.  Energy Analytics Corporation can help you get up the learning curve so that you can manage your hedging program in an informed manner.

Industrial Customer Marketing      Are you having trouble achieving your company's objectives for industrial market share?  Do you need the assistance of someone with 20 years of experience in managing industrial marketing, industrial electric supply contract negotiations, and industrial rates and program development?  If so, contact the experience staff of any Energy Analytics Corporation and its strategic partners.



































Energy Analytics Corporation provides energy consulting, energy portfolio design, management and consulting, industrial energy engineering, utility consulting, natural gas deregulation consulting, electric deregulation consulting, least cost planning for energy portfolios, energy futures consulting, utility billing consulting, energy risk management, energy personnel and recruitment, energy supply alternatives, energy budgeting and budget forecasting, electric, gas, and energy contracting, MLGW, Memphis Light Gas and Water consulting, TVA, Tennessee Valley Authority consulting. Henry Nickell, ( H.B. Nickell ), President.