Pennsylvania businesses have another reason to watch the PJM electricity market. A new study commissioned by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) warns that rapidly growing electricity demand could create serious reliability risks across Pennsylvania and the broader PJM region…
Adapted from remarks by Tim Mulcahy, CEO of American Wholesale Energy, at the ONIT 2026 Annual General Meeting. After almost 50 years in sales, I have worked through enough changes in business to know that markets never stand still. There…
AI Summary: Property managers cannot control the weather, tenant behavior, or every building’s cooling requirements, but they can reduce energy-cost surprises by reviewing each property’s usage, contract structure, renewal timing, and operating profile. A portfolio-wide energy review can show where…
Ask ten business owners what an energy broker does, and there is a good chance you will get 10 different answers with some of them hesitating before answering. The role is common in commercial energy markets, but it is rarely…
Farm operations run on tight margins and tighter schedules, and that is why an expiring energy contract has a way of sneaking up on even the most organized operators. Planting windows, harvest deadlines, and equipment maintenance take priority every week,…
This summer, electricity grids across North America are being pushed hard. A major heat wave is driving demand to levels that grid operators have not seen in years, with dangerous heat indices forecast across the Midwest, South, and East Coast. …
A dealership group with five locations in three states is not managing one energy bill. It is managing five, each tied to a different utility, a different contract expiration date, and in some cases a different regulatory structure entirely. For…
Every business owner who has shopped for a commercial energy (think electricity or natural gas) contract has run into the same wall: too many brokers, too many pitches, and no easy way to tell which one understands the business well…
Run a manufacturing operation in Illinois, and you already track the costs that move. The price of materials, the cost of labor, and the freight rates never seem to hold still. Electricity tends to sit in a different category, treated…
Irrigation season is its own kind of clock. For months, the pumps run hard, moving water across fields or through greenhouse lines, often for long hours and through the hottest stretches of the year. Then the season turns, the demand…
