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Bloomberg"The consultancy CFOs call before renewing their utility contracts."Jan 2025
Utility Dive"Watt's demand charge analysis methodology sets a new benchmark for industrial clients."Nov 2024
Energy Manager Today"Real rate schedules, real savings — no theoretical projections."Oct 2024
Bloomberg NEF"Among the firms that have quietly redefined what energy consulting looks like."Sep 2024
Greentech Media"Watt's portfolio assessment model has become the industry reference standard."Aug 2024
S&P Global"A forensic approach to utility bill analysis that most operators have never seen."Jul 2024
Bloomberg"The consultancy CFOs call before renewing their utility contracts."Jan 2025
Utility Dive"Watt's demand charge analysis methodology sets a new benchmark for industrial clients."Nov 2024
Energy Manager Today"Real rate schedules, real savings — no theoretical projections."Oct 2024
Bloomberg NEF"Among the firms that have quietly redefined what energy consulting looks like."Sep 2024
Greentech Media"Watt's portfolio assessment model has become the industry reference standard."Aug 2024
S&P Global"A forensic approach to utility bill analysis that most operators have never seen."Jul 2024
Verified Results · 2023 Portfolio

$0.0M

in verified client savings, 2023

Watt reads utility bills the way a diagnostician reads imaging — finding demand charge misalignments, thermal leaks, and rate structure errors that most finance teams never see. The savings are already in the bill. We find them.

37%Avg. reduction in peak demand charges
94Facilities analyzed in 2023
6-wkAverage time to first savings identification

01 — Market Context

The numbers that changed the conversation.

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National electricity price increase since 2020

The EIA forecasts the national average at 18¢/kWh in 2026 — up from 13.1¢ in 2020. For a 200-dock cold-storage operation running 24/7, that differential is not a line item. It is a structural problem.

Source: EIA, 2025 Outlook

0%+

PJM capacity charge increase starting July 2025

Manufacturers in Ohio, Illinois, and Pennsylvania — the PJM Interconnection footprint — face record-high capacity surcharges embedded in their supply rates. Most operators have no idea the charge exists. Fewer still know it is negotiable.

Source: PJM Interconnection, 2025

0B

In utility rate increase requests filed in 2025 alone

Utilities are funding grid hardening through rate cases. Every approved case becomes a permanent fixture in your cost structure unless you have rate structure expertise at the table during the comment period.

Source: Utility Dive, Jan 2025

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Of all peak demand savings potential sits in the industrial class

FERC data identifies industrial customers as the single largest source of untapped demand flexibility — roughly 14,864 MW nationally. The savings are systemic, not circumstantial.

Source: FERC, 2024 Demand Response Report

02 — Methodology

Three phases. One objective.

Every engagement follows the same forensic sequence. The details change by facility type and utility territory. The rigor does not.

01

Diagnostic Scan

Week 1–2

We pull 24 months of interval data from your utility, cross-reference it against your rate schedule, and build a consumption fingerprint. Demand charges, ratchet clauses, power factor penalties — every line item gets categorized and flagged.

Output:Annotated bill analysis + rate structure map
83% of clients discover a misapplied rate class in this phase.
02

Opportunity Quantification

Week 2–4

Each identified inefficiency gets a dollar value attached. We model the savings against your actual operating constraints — not theoretical best-case. A cold-storage operator cannot simply shift load; we know that. The model respects your operational reality.

Output:Prioritized savings roadmap with IRR for each measure
Average identified savings: $340K per facility in 2023.
03

Implementation Oversight

Month 2–6

We stay at the table through execution — utility negotiations, equipment procurement, tariff changes, and demand response enrollment. Savings don't materialize from a report. They materialize from follow-through. We provide both.

Output:Verified savings report + ongoing monitoring dashboard
94% of projected savings realized within 12 months.

03 — Case Evidence

Before and after. Real rate schedules.

Client names redacted. All figures from verified utility invoices and savings reports.

SectorAutomotive Components
TerritoryPJM Territory, Ohio
Facilities3
Annual Spend$4.1M
Root IssueMisapplied TOU rate class + unmanaged peak demand windows
Before$4.1MAnnual energy spend
After$2.9MAnnual energy spend
Verified Savings$1.2M30% reduction

Monthly Spend Comparison — Pre vs. Post Engagement (USD)

Before engagement
After engagement

Diagnostic Findings

  • 1Demand charges comprising 41% of total bill — industry norm is 28%
  • 2Rate class mismatch generating $18,400/month in avoidable surcharges
  • 3Three facilities eligible for curtailment incentive; none enrolled

04 — Partnership Model

The assessment starts with your bill.

Send us twelve months of invoices. We will return a preliminary diagnostic within five business days — at no cost, no obligation. If we find nothing, we will tell you that too.

Request a Portfolio Assessment

No sales call required. Preliminary diagnostic returned within 5 business days.

Free Resource

2024 Industrial Energy
Benchmark Report

Demand charge benchmarks by sector. Rate structure comparison across 14 utility territories. The document your energy team should have had two years ago.

Work email only. No marketing sequences.

Why Watt

$14.2MVerified savings delivered, 2023
94Facilities analyzed last year
100%Fee-for-performance on Phase 1
5 daysTo preliminary diagnostic results