PURSUE Energy Services enjoys strategic relationships with retail electric providers in the ERCOT (Electric Reliability Council of Texas*) system.

These relationships and PURSUE’s knowledge of the electrical industry in general allows PURSUE to deliver electricity at substantial savings compared to traditional ways of purchasing energy.

Retail electric providers in Texas include electric cooperatives, river authorities, municipal authorities, investor-owned utilities, and other entities who are members of ERCOT.

In the traditional system, a consumer of electricity contacts a retail sales representative, who typically has little knowledge of electricity markets or the needs of your unique situation.

The retail sales representative asks for a price from a trade desk that deals with ERCOT. The trade desk gets a price and adds a commission to the price. Then the sales person adds another commission and quotes the final price to the customer.

By the end of this process, the customer pays a price inflated by the various commissions added by the middlemen. There is little or no incentive for the sellers in this system to provide the true lowest price or the most cost-effective energy purchasing strategy.

PURSUE eliminates levels of commissions by dealing directly with energy traders in the ERCOT system, thus attaining the best price for our clients. In addition, our expertise in the wholesale ERCOT power markets allows us to advise clients as to the best time to lock in power prices.

PURSUE’s partners have more than 20 years of cumulative experience in an industry that is only a few years old. Due to the recent unregulated energy debacles (such as those in California) and the volatility of the energy market, there has never been a greater need for energy users to secure help. PURSUE enjoys sound relationships at the energy provider level; we also have electric power expertise that adds significant value to customers in the new, evolving deregulated market for power.

*ERCOT manages about 85 percent of the power grid in Texas, oversees transactions associated with the newly restructured electric market, and protects the overall reliability of the Texas grid. ERCOT manages the operation of more than 70,000 megawatts of generation over more than 37,000 miles of transmission lines.