Gas Distribution Utilities

Section: Business Cases

Geoexchange projects naturally capitalize on a gas distribution utility or company's capabilities in infrastructure development, innovation, and maintenance, as well customer service strengths. In addition, geoexchange provides an integrated way for gas companies to grow their customer base while limiting new infrastructure development, and managing cash flow via financing. For gas companies looking to transition in part or in whole to a rewable energy services model, geoexchange provides a perfect transition step. For those looking to simply mitigate risk or respond to profitability pressures, geoexchange can provide the same solid, flexible solution that it's been providing certain gas companies in North America for years.

Typical Gas Distributor Business Competencies

  • Infrastructure Expertise
  • Financing Expertise & Purchasing Expertise
  • Customer Servicing Expertise
  • Consumer & Industrial Marketing Expertise
  • Energy Efficiency Expertise
  • Deep Understanding of Commercial and Residential Heating Markets

Geoexchange builds on each of these competencies.

 

Possible Areas Of Alignment With Gas Company Objectives

  • Dramatically expand customer base over time.
    ? capturing new customers - target non-gas customers
    ? "lock customers in" for your choice of time period
    ? expand customer base in to cooling market
  • Installations Profitable Per Se (IRR of 15% to 60%).
  • Installation can be 100% outsourced if desired.
  • Financing tools add great flexibility.
  • Dilute/Mitigate total long-term corporate risk.
  • Aid Peak Shaving/Load Balancing.
  • Capitalize on infrastructure competencies.
  • Capitalize on customer service competencies.
  • Service remote clients without building uneconomic lines out to them.
  • Add to corporate alternative energies portfolio.
  • Strong addition to corporate marketing portfolio - total company benefits.
  • Mitigate Kyoto political pressures and improve relationships with regulators.

If you would like more information about the business models we've developed for gas distribution companies, please do not hesitate to contact us and we can schedule a more detailed presentation on the advantages of adding geoexchange, and membership in the Canadian GeoExchange Coalition, to your corporate portfolio.

 

 

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