Energy Efficiency Monetization

Nexant provides all the necessary engineering, contracting and marketing services to monetize the intrinsic environmental benefits of an energy efficiency project for the creation of either energy efficiency certificates (EECs) or carbon dioxide (CO2) offsets. These services include the formation of a measurement and verification (M&V) plan consistent with applicable protocols for qualification of the project, certification of the energy savings with approved metering and measurement techniques, sale of the credits at the highest possible firm (not unit contingent) price, contracting with the buyer, assuming delivery liability, and delivering credits to the buyer through the applicable tracking system.

In energy efficiency monetization, Nexant has clearly established itself as the market leader due to the advantages it brings to clients, including:

• Forward sales—Nexant sells forward several years into the future. As a result, our clients are assured the sale of all their credits at no risk and with secured market prices.
• Aggregation—with a wide range of clients in the these markets, Nexant has significant sales leverage in offering large bundled multi-year offerings of credits in block quantities to retail and wholesale buyers. As a result, our clients receive higher firm sale prices, regardless of the quantity of energy savings.
• Balancing—Nexant continuously balances its entire portfolio of credits from all our clients to match sales contracts so that every credit from every client is sold in the market. So even if a client produces more or less than projected in uneven quantities, the client receives the highest possible price without ever being unable to sell every credit.
• Market knowledge—Nexant has sold close to a billion kWhs of credits from energy efficiency, more than any independent retail marketer in the US.
• Technical expertise—Nexant has several hundred engineers and energy industry experts with extensive knowledge of energy efficiency and cogeneration systems. No other independent retail marketer can provide our M&V capabilities and knowledge in energy savings, metering systems, energy management systems, equipment retrofits, and cogeneration system operation.
• Experience—Nexant professionals implemented the very first transaction ever for EECs in the U.S. and have been engaged by more Fortune 500 companies and universities for the creation, certification, and marketing of EECs than any other firm.
• Local presence—Nexant has 30 offices located in the key markets around the world staffed with engineering professionals with unique expertise in all facets of clean energy systems and markets.