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With 2024 all but complete, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recorded the warmest fall on record in the lower 48 states. Read about the impact of these warmer temps on New England and across the United States in the Spotlight feature of Competitive Energy Services' Market Summary this week. In addition to the Spotlight Feature, our weekly Market Summary provides information on energy market news and pricing, supply and demand, as well as changes in legislature, ensuring all your bases are covered. Want to talk to someone about your energy goals? Feel free to reach out to our Energy Services Advisors, who are happy to chat with you about your energy needs and goals for the upcoming year! And visit our website today and subscribe to receive the Market Summary, as well as our monthly newsletter, the CES Insider, directly to your inbox! https://lnkd.in/eMtHdxZ https://lnkd.in/dh7pHDy #CompetitiveEnergyServices #Sustainability #EnergyConsulting #Oil #NaturalGas #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Electricity #CESMarketSummary #CESInsider #CESInsights #Energy #EnergyMarkets #Commodities

Tomorrow, December 21 at 2:21 a.m. marks this year’s winter solstice – and the first day of the winter season. Throughout history, societies across the world have held festivals and ceremonies marking winter solstice, the day of the “sun’s rebirth.” The Winter Solstice, or the December Solstice, is the point at which the path of the sun in the sky is farthest south. At the Winter Solstice, the sun travels the shortest path through the sky resulting in the day of the year with the least sunlight and therefore, the longest night. On this day with longest night – and on any day of the year – look to Competitive Energy Services for your energy needs and questions. Visit our website and reach out to one of our Energy Services Advisors today. While you’re there, be sure to subscribe to receive our weekly Market Summary/Insider Newsletter! https://lnkd.in/eTNWyc7 Photo by: Dace Znotina #CompetitiveEnergyServices #Sustainability #EnergyConsulting #Oil #NaturalGas #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Electricity #CESMarketSummary #CESInsider #CESInsights #Energy #EnergyMarkets #Commodities

While on vacation over Thanksgiving weekend, Competitive Energy Services’ William Dickerman, Energy Analyst, and his family visited and toured the Hoover Dam, operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. The hydroelectric arch-gravity dam straddles the Colorado River in the Black Canyon of the Colorado, between the Nevada and Arizona border. Constructed between 1931 and 1935, Hoover Dam stands 726 feet tall, the approximate height of a sixty-story building. The dam contains enough concrete to build a four-foot-wide sidewalk around the equator. It weighs as much as 18 Empire State Buildings. Seventeen main turbines provide a nameplate generating capacity of 2,080 megawatts (MW). Before Hoover Dam was constructed, the flow of the Colorado River was unpredictable, with frequent periods of drought and devasting floods that would wreak havoc on the flatter topography downstream. Constructing a dam here meant diverting the flow of the Colorado by constructing four 56-foot diameter diversion tunnels. Because the concrete would take more than 125 years to cool and set on its own, engineers devised a system where construction crews would pour blocks and cool the concrete using chilled water from a refrigeration plant. After four years of around-the-clock work, President Franklin Roosevelt dedicated Hoover Dam in 1935. “As an energy professional and college history major, visiting the Hoover Dam combined two passions. Seeing the colossal scale of the dam, penstocks, and spillways left me in awe. Learning about the dam’s history gave me a greater appreciation for the Hoover Dam as a 1930s engineering marvel and the role of water in shaping the modern American West.” https://lnkd.in/eTNWyc7 https://lnkd.in/gTqaaic9 Photo by: Will Dickerman #CompetitiveEnergyServices #Sustainability #EnergyConsulting #Oil #NaturalGas #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Electricity #CESMarketSummary #CESInsider #CESInsights #Energy #EnergyMarkets #Commodities

When 2024 began, we had our eyes focused on our client’s energy needs and initiatives, the commodities markets (per usual), and, as always, on the broader industry and universal trends that were going to make an impact throughout the year. As 2024 unfolded, Competitive Energy Services energy experts shared their insights on net metering for New England businesses, the SEC climate rules and requirements, formulating strategic procurement plans, fuel security in New England and other regions, clean heat standards, liquid biofuels, renewable fuels, trends in regional peak electricity demand and the CES Self-Help program, and more. In case you missed these informative articles, they are highlighted at a quick glance in our year-end look-back article titled: CES Insights: A Look Back on 2024. https://lnkd.in/dDt6nCx8 Photo by: Murat Deniz #CompetitiveEnergyServices #Sustainability #EnergyConsulting #Oil #NaturalGas #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Electricity #CESMarketSummary #CESInsider #CESInsights #Energy #EnergyMarkets #Commodities

On December 4, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the final rules for the Investment Tax Credit (ITC), which offers tax credits covering approximately 30% of total costs for qualifying clean energy projects. Extended to 2025 under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the ITC is available for projects starting construction before the new year. Read more in the Spotlight feature of this week’s CES Market Summary. Competitive Energy Services’ Market Summary has everything you need to know about what’s going on in the energy market, and how that can impact you and your business. Have questions or need a little more guidance? Our Energy Services Advisors are happy to chat with you about your energy needs and goals for the upcoming year! Visit our website today and subscribe to receive our Market Summary and monthly newsletter, the CES Insider, directly.    https://lnkd.in/eMtHdxZ https://lnkd.in/dh7pHDy Photo by: Nuno Marques #CompetitiveEnergyServices #Sustainability #EnergyConsulting #Oil #NaturalGas #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Electricity #CESMarketSummary #CESInsider #CESInsights #Energy #EnergyMarkets #Commodities

With the year end fast approaching, winter on the horizon, and the holiday season in full swing, the items on our “to do” list can seem quite long and our focus on fluctuations in the energy market can fall lower on the list. Lucky for you, even during the busiest of seasons, Competitive Energy Services’ weekly Market Summary provides you with current news, pricing, and trends in the commodities markets and helps keep you up-to-date and informed so that you can make strategic energy decisions. If you have any questions about your energy goals, please reach out to your Energy Services Advisor today! While on our website, be sure to subscribe to our Market Summary and monthly newsletter, the CES Insider. https://lnkd.in/eMtHdxZ Photo by: Compare Fibre #CompetitiveEnergyServices #Sustainability #EnergyConsulting #Oil #NaturalGas #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Electricity #CESMarketSummary #CESInsider #CESInsights #Energy #EnergyMarkets #Commodities

Happy holidays from all of us at Competitive Energy Services! Best wishes to you and yours as you celebrate this holiday season and ring in the new year. Thank you for your continued business, loyalty, and trust. All of us at CES wish you a joyful and safe holiday season. We look forward to seeing you in 2025! https://lnkd.in/eTNWyc7 #CompetitiveEnergyServices #Sustainability #EnergyConsulting #Oil #NaturalGas #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Electricity #CESMarketSummary #CESInsider #CESInsights #Energy #EnergyMarkets #Commodities

From our Competitive Energy Services family to yours, we wish you a happy and safe Thanksgiving holiday! Here at CES we are thankful for our friends, clients, staff, and community – today and every day. Thank you for your continued partnership and support over the years. https://lnkd.in/eTNWyc7 Photo by: Timothy Eberly #CompetitiveEnergyServices #Sustainability #EnergyConsulting #Oil #NaturalGas #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Electricity #CESMarketSummary #CESInsider #CESInsights #Energy #EnergyMarkets #Commodities

With winter’s arrival in lock step with the upcoming holiday season, the dips and fluctuations in temperatures often correlate with uncertainty around energy prices. Lucky for you, even during the busiest of seasons, Competitive Energy Services’ Market Summary provides you with current news, pricing, and trends in the commodity markets and help keep you up-to-date and informed so that you can make strategic energy decisions. If you have any questions about your energy goals, please reach out to your Energy Services Advisor today! While on our website, be sure to subscribe to our Market Summary and monthly newsletter, the CES Insider. https://lnkd.in/eMtHdxZ Photo by: Arisa Chattasa #CompetitiveEnergyServices #Sustainability #EnergyConsulting #Oil #NaturalGas #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Electricity #CESMarketSummary #CESInsider #CESInsights #Energy #EnergyMarkets #Commodities

Competitive Energy Services’ President & CEO, Andrew Price, sums up the ISO-NE summer 2024 peak load report in a blog titled “2024 ISO-NE Peak Load Hour and CES Self-Help Program Recap.” Click on the link below to read about how the summer heat demand played out and how it impacts electricity rates for 2025. While you’re visiting our website, subscribe to receive our Market Summary to ensure that you stay on top of energy news week to week. In so doing, you’ll also receive the monthly CES Insider Newsletter packed with even more energy intel and insights to help you and your business year-round. Finally, to learn more about the CES Self-Help program, contact one our Energy Services Advisors today! https://lnkd.in/gsXvjrEZ https://lnkd.in/dh7pHDy Photo by: Sid Balachandran #CompetitiveEnergyServices #Sustainability #EnergyConsulting #Oil #NaturalGas #RenewableEnergy #Solar #Electricity #CESMarketSummary #CESInsider #CESInsights #Energy #EnergyMarkets #Commodities