Energy-Smart Briefing

KHE's Energy-Smart Briefing is an interactive meeting conducted with your company's decision-makers. Your key staff will have a clear picture of the specific issues involved in energy management relative to your business and industry.

Benefits

• Develop an energy plan
• Understand the impact of change
• Assemble the information needed to shop for energy
• Discover savings opportunities
• Improved operations, pricing and/or products
• Better business information

Features

• Low cost
• Low risk
• Thorough
• Convenient
• Timely

KHE's Energy-Smart Briefing is the easiest first step you can take to make your company or organization Energy-Smart. We developed the Energy-Smart Briefing to provide a broad range of clients a low cost, low risk introduction into the sometimes complicated issues of energy management.

It's affordable because we know what to look for and how to explain the issues. It's low risk because you're not wasting time or money learning Ohio's energy picture... we already have! You can take comfort knowing exactly what you are getting and how much you are spending.

Deliverables

Why pay for a one or two day workshop at a Holiday Inn. Our Energy-Smart Briefing brings the workshop to you for less cost and less time. You get these deliverables specifically tailored to your business.

• An energy action plan
• 12-month compilation of your energy costs
• 12-month energy usage patterns
• An explanation of your tariff
• Your immediate and long-term opportunities
• The tools and methods available
• The decision making process
• An overview of the deregulatory picture in Ohio
• A sense of urgency

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Action Plan

The action plan is a discussion of how best to proceed. The plan will list the most viable options available to your organization. This includes the information needed to analyze the market and evaluate offers.

There are typically some low or no cost operation and maintenance changes that can have an immediate impact. Long-term initiatives are described in general terms along with how to proceed. We'll explain what efforts are needed to evaluate both.

KHE will not attempt to have you believe that one short analysis can provide all the answers. The Energy-Smart Briefing is an excellent start. It is important to understand the long-term goals of making intelligent energy management decisions a permanent part of your business strategy. KHE can help.

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Energy Costs

Examining your current energy costs is the first step in establishing reduction goals. KHE plots all your energy costs for a twelve month period. We also itemize the components of your electrical costs. This involves calculating each line item for fixed charges, energy charges, demand charges, reactive charges, fuel charges and PIP. Very good information is revealed on how to proceed from this cost data.

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Usage Patterns

Limited load usage information is available without the benefit of a load profile analysis. We can shed some light on your current pattern of consumption.

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Tariffs

Utilities have literally dozens of tariffs, schedules or rate sheets. Customers are placed on a tariff based on a statistical profile typical of your business. Based on your projected consumption and demand, businesses typically are eligible for service under one of several tariffs.

A very useful feature of the Energy-Smart Briefing is a full explanation of how your costs are calculated on your current tariff. The bills from distribution companies are poorly itemized. Simply by knowing how your bill is calculated can raise awareness on how to reduce costs.

KHE has taken the time to study the rate schedules available to Ohio energy users. We can apply your usage data into several different tariffs to see if you would benefit from switching tariffs. KHE can also perform 'what-ifs'.

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Opportunities

The Energy-Smart Briefing will break down your opportunities into immediate, mid-term and long-term. All discussions are framed within your organization's business and risk management philosophy. This is of critical importance.

There will always be some inexpensive operations and maintenance changes that could be undertaken immediately. These are usually low or no cost changes. We won't mislead you and don't kid yourself into thinking that a comprehensive energy management strategy requires no effort.

The plan addresses how to begin the process of evaluating the more complicated opportunities. Life cycle costing and engineering economy analysis are applied to any recommendation calling for capital expenditure. KHE will give realistic and practical advice on moving forward.

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Tools & Methods

The Energy-Smart Briefing, concisely in terms your organization can understand, describes the specific tools and methods that should be applied to your particular situation. Tools such as load profiling, sub-metering and energy audits collect the information to apply engineering economy, cost benefit and return on investment analysis'.

The know-how steps to evaluate options and offers relative to making energy supplier switching decisions can be time consuming. We can show how its done.

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Decision Making

This is the hard part. Every company invariably asks "well... what would you do?" Keep in mind the Energy-Smart Briefing is a starting point. KHE needs to fully understand your company's business and risk management philosophy. Until then we can suggest a range of options, but it's still your decision.

The action plan will provide an energy game plan for your organization. The plan is not exhaustive by any means. It's not meant to be. Purchasing energy is just another part of your supply chain management. KHE, by offering the Energy-Smart Briefing, is encouraging organizations to start the process of education on energy matters. It's our intent to offer you a low-cost low-risk introduction into energy management.

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The Deregulation Picture

The Energy-Smart Briefing will provide your company with a very concise and street-wise synopsis of the Ohio de-regulation effort. The most important item to understand is that deregulation is a political process.

Organizations that take proactive steps towards reducing their energy cost will realize the benefits of their efforts. Remember the three ways to save money. Use less, mitigate your demand and improve the deal by which you purchase.

As of this update, May 17, 2000 a lot has happened. Just about all of the state's IOU's have worked stipulations to eliminate the possibility of protracted litigation. This means that Ohio will see a competitive electric supply market open up come January 1, 2000. This also means deals have been struck. KHE can help you sort through all the confusing issues and translate the process into dollars and sense for saving money.

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A Sense of Urgency

The start of the competitive supplier market in Ohio is January 1, 2001. A lot of you will have to decide whether or not you participate. For others with contracts, they will have to decide to cancel and renegotiate and/or shop or to sign on well into the late 2000's.

The more you understand... the better off you'll be.

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