Energy Management
Manage the whole energy picture, not just the supply contract.
LCI provides ongoing energy management for commercial and industrial facilities, combining procurement, utility analysis, interval data, facility operations, and project follow-through in one ongoing relationship.
Four pillars, one program
What energy management actually covers
Energy management is an ongoing process of understanding cost, managing risk, identifying opportunities, and following through on the work that matters.
Utility, tariff & procurement analysis
We review utility bills, tariffs, supply contracts, interval data, and market exposure to understand what the facility is paying for and why. That includes rate structure, demand, power factor, supplier terms, contract timing, and other costs that may deserve attention.
When procurement is part of the engagement, we help evaluate supply options, solicit pricing, compare structures, and manage contract decisions in the context of the facility’s broader energy strategy.
Monitoring & benchmarking
Interval data and submetering can connect utility cost to how the facility actually operates. We use the data available, and add metering where it materially improves the analysis, to identify changes in load, demand, schedules, and equipment performance.
Performance is compared against the facility’s own history, operating conditions, and production where useful. The goal is to distinguish a meaningful change from normal variation.
Continuous optimization
Energy costs and operating conditions change over time. We maintain a working list of utility, procurement, operational, and project opportunities and revisit priorities as rates, production, equipment, and market conditions change.
Some opportunities require a project. Others may be a contract change, rate review, controls adjustment, operating change, or utility follow-up. The work is prioritized around value and practicality.
Management reporting
Reporting is built around the decisions the customer needs to make: what changed, why it matters, what opportunities are open, what actions are underway, and where cost or savings can be quantified.
The level of reporting depends on the engagement, but the objective is the same: translate energy data into information that operations and finance can use.
Who this is for
Built for facilities where energy is material to the operation
LCI works primarily with commercial and industrial facilities where utility cost, procurement, demand, equipment operation, or energy projects are significant enough to justify active management. The scope can range from focused procurement and utility support to a broader outsourced energy management relationship.
Facilities and operations teams gain a resource for utility, technical, and project issues. Finance gains better visibility into cost, contracts, budgets, and opportunities. LCI helps connect the two.
See our energy solutionsHow it runs
From energy issue to ongoing management
The exact cadence depends on the client, but the work generally moves from understanding the current position to managing priorities and following through on action.
Current position
Understand the baseline
We review the bills, tariffs, contracts, interval data, metering, and existing project information relevant to the engagement. The goal is to understand where cost is coming from and what questions need to be answered.
Operating context
Connect cost to the facility
We use facility knowledge, operating schedules, production information, and equipment data where appropriate to understand why the load behaves the way it does and what can realistically change.
Priorities
Work the opportunities
Utility, procurement, operational, and capital opportunities are ranked based on economics, risk, effort, and operational impact. Priorities change as the facility and energy markets change.
Ongoing
Keep the work moving
LCI tracks open items, supports decisions, coordinates with utilities and vendors, and reports meaningful developments so opportunities do not disappear between departments or billing cycles.
Why ongoing management matters
Energy cost changes even when nobody is looking at it.
Utility rates, supply contracts, production, equipment performance, and operating schedules all change over time. Energy strategy has to change with them.
Small issues can become meaningful costs when they repeat every day or every billing cycle. The value is often in finding them early and understanding which ones are worth acting on.
Ongoing energy management keeps procurement, utility issues, operating opportunities, and projects connected instead of treating each one as a separate event.
Questions we hear often
Bills, tariffs, and reporting
Our utility bill looks fine — why check it anyway?
A bill can be mathematically correct and still reflect a rate, demand pattern, power factor issue, or supply arrangement that deserves review. We compare the bill to the applicable tariff, contract terms, and how the facility is actually operating.
What if we're on the wrong rate schedule?
We quantify the alternatives, confirm the applicable tariff requirements, and work with the utility on the appropriate path forward. Where a tariff or billing issue allows for historical adjustment, we can also evaluate whether a look-back is available.
How is this different from a one-time energy audit?
An audit is typically a point-in-time assessment. Ongoing energy management continues after the initial analysis, so procurement decisions, utility issues, operating changes, projects, and new opportunities can be managed as conditions change.
Will finance actually be able to use the reporting?
Yes. We focus reporting on cost, budget impact, open opportunities, completed actions, and quantified results where they can be supported. The goal is business information, not a dashboard full of energy data with no context.
Start with the energy issue already in front of you.
A utility bill, supply contract, budget question, demand issue, operating concern, or project opportunity is enough to start the conversation.