Maximize Your Opportunities with Strategic Energy Services

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In today’s energy marketplace, price swings can happen instantly making it hard to stay ahead. These fluctuations can lead to unexpected gains or losses, leaving your energy budget vulnerable.

The key to navigating this uncertainty is understanding how to turn market volatility into an opportunity for your business. With Strategic Energy Services, we can help calibrate your risk tolerance with cost certainty to achieve maximum results.
What is Strategic Energy Services?
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Strategic Energy Services is a complimentary service designed to help eligible customers fine-tune their energy approach to better meet their business’ unique energy goals. With personalized guidance from our highly trained experts, customers receive tailored advice on how to align their energy procurement with broader business objectives, supporting both cost-efficiency and long-term sustainability.

What are the benefits of Strategic Energy Services?
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Perhaps you’ve been leaning on fixed price electricity and natural gas products because you lack the time or experience to manage them yourself. While those plans may have gained you a degree of security, you probably paid a premium for it – and forfeited opportunities created by varied market prices. However, with the right information in hand, your business can sharpen its energy strategy to optimize spend.


That’s where Strategic Energy Services comes in, providing you with an additional layer of expertise and guidance. Our highly trained experts monitor the marketplace for opportunities so you can take advantage of them as they arise. Plus, you can leverage real-time data and our innovative tools to refine and advance your holistic energy strategy. Based on your preferred level of engagement, you can choose from frequent check-ins and conversations to alerts when a significant market move occurs. 

Is your business a good fit for Strategic Energy Services?
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To find out if your business is a good fit for Strategic Energy Services, we’ll start with a phone call to learn more about your facility’s historical and projected usage, budget goals, risk tolerance, and business considerations. From there, we’ll work with you to develop an energy portfolio strategy that is suited to your operations – and we’ll be there to help you fulfill it.

What is the time commitment?
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Strategists can meet with you as little or as often as you need. Typically, customers have a conversation with our strategists once per quarter so they can effectively manage their open positions.

What tools does NRG provide?
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You will receive access to your Energy Portfolio® and PowerBuy® along with tools in MyAccount, including detailed energy data, custom reporting, price target monitoring, and more.

What should you expect on a typical strategy call?
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A typical strategy call includes the following:



  • Overview of market fundamentals – Learn how current factors like severe weather and regulatory changes are impacting pricing for power and gas.
  • Insights into pricing trends – Compare current market prices to historical trends to help you make informed decisions.
  • Examination of pricing analytics – Receive a detailed cost breakdown report to better understand what components are driving your energy costs.
  • Customized performance report – Compare your energy usage and spend against your budget, business goals, and risk tolerance.
  • Position summaries and trigger reports – Analyze strategies for forward pricing, price forecasts, and key actions to help you navigate market complexities and better estimate future energy costs.

Let us show you what our Strategic Energy Services team can do for your business

For more information, and to request an easy-to-understand analysis of your energy spend and strategy, please contact your Account Executive today.