Competitive Electricity Powers New York with the Help of EMR
With the help of EMR, the U.S. General
Services Administration (GSA) recently solicited and awarded a power
procurement contract to purchase electricity for Federal facilities
in the New York City metropolitan area.
ConEdison Solutions, a subsidiary of
Consolidated Edison, Inc., will provide electric power for 107 accounts,
bringing power to Federal facilities in the New York City metropolitan
area. The agencies and organizations that will purchase their electricity
from ConEdison Solutions include GSA, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Coast
Guard, United Nations, Department of Veterans Affairs, Social Security
Administration, Department of the Interior, Federal Bureau of Prisons,
American Red Cross, Cooper Hewitt Museum, and Smithsonian Institute.
The contract could potentially save the government over $1 million
over the next year.
The competitive power contract is the
third award made by the GSA's Northeast and Caribbean Region as it
works to involve government facilities in the deregulated electric
utility marketplace. EMR has helped GSA every step of the way as it
prepared both the RFP and data attachments for each solicitation.
EMR compiled, analyzed, and presented
data on over 500 electric accounts to provide bidders with accurate
and thorough information on which to base their bids. EMR organized
data for a 12-month period and calculated both monthly and average
load factors for each account. Accounts were then ranked according
to load factor, and bidders were given the option to bid on high-load
accounts, medium-load accounts, or low-load accounts, or a combination
from among these groups.
EMR also helped GSA, in the span of
one day, evaluate the bids and request and analyze best and final
offers from the bidders. With EMR's analysis, GSA was able to make
the award decision by the end of the day, a turnaround appreciated
by both the government and the bidders involved.
According to Brian Magden, GSA Regional
Energy Coordinator, "EMR's assistance in analyzing the accounting,
and consumption data plus reviewing ConEdison Solution's retail operating
plan enabled GSA to award its power procurement contract in record
time."
For more information, contact Kate Kelly
at (323) 874-3458 or kkellyemr@aol.com.
