Randal Rapier - Director of Consulting
Randal Rapier - Director of Consulting
Randal is Director of Consulting at Exergy Energy. He joined the team in 2022 and showed such promise that he was quickly promoted to head all of Exergy’s sales and marketing efforts. Randal brings a slew of experience in sales and sales leadership including helping multiple Fortune 50 Tech companies launch Managed Service offerings.
Prior to entering sales, Randal was a detective with the Seattle, WA, police department, and a Ranger with the Second Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment of the U.S. Army’s premier light infantry unit and special operations force within the United States Army Special Operations Command.
Contact Randal at rapier@hoothost.io
Energy Consultants
Energy Consultants
Energy Consultants are committed to helping customers meet their energy and sustainability needs.
Exergy’s Backup-as-a-Service and Facility Electrification can be a perfect fit for many organizations seeking a no CAPEX solution.
We are interested to partner with Energy Consultants to sell the Exergy solution. By helping your customers better meet their sustainability and resiliency needs, you earn an attractive commission and renewals while maintaining the customer relationship.
You can even sell Exergy’s Solutions under your own brand.
Barry Rodgers
Barry Rodgers
Barry is Director of Market Operations at Exergy. Prior to joining the firm, he was Director of Energy Management at Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) where he oversaw commercial operations for 1,200 MW of ERCOT assets, 200 MW in NYISO, 500 MW in PJM, and 500 MW in CENACE. His duties included trade execution/strategy, implementation of daily bidding and dispatch strategies, fuel procurement, credit/risk management, and financial reporting. Barry acted as commercial subject matter expert during multiple sales processes and restructurings. Prior to joining CPV, Barry was a power trader at Optim Energy and Public Service Company of New Mexico. Barry earned a BBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of New Mexico.
Contact Barry at rodgers@hoothost.io
Exergy Energy
Press Release
Exergy Energy Powers New Headquarters of Global Leader in Animal Healthcare in Indianapolis
10/10/2024
Exergy Energy proudly announces the installation of a Cummins 2MW diesel generator at Elanco’s new global headquarters in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Concierge Utility® for C&I
and Institutional Customers
Always On, Always Green, Always Save
Exergy Energy is a Concierge Utility® for commercial and industrial customer seeking to become 100% resilient to blackouts, save money and may need decarbonization support. Exergy provides energy as a service, energy management and energy brokerage services to help our customers meet their energy and sustainability goals.
Our Backup-as-a-Service offering as well as our energy efficiency improvements, require no upfront CAPEX.
How We Do It
- Exergy provides your organization with a backup generator sized to power your entire operation for Zero CAPEX. No more limitations, like sizing your generator to power only life-and-safety or critical operations, and no more capital budgeting requirements – with Exergy, your business operates through a blackout with Zero CAPEX.
- We advise you on the best fixed-rate electricity supply contract for your organization. This removes the risk of rising electricity rates. Many of our customer select 100% renewable energy to become entirely green.
- Exergy owns, operates, maintains, and manages your backup so you can focus on your day-to-day business. Exergy charges a monthly Resiliency Fee for this service.
- Since generators sit idle 99.9% of the time waiting for a blackout, Exergy uses the backup facility to provide grid services that support the addition of intermittent renewables to the Grid. Exergy earns ancillary cash flows from our grid services, which we share with you to defray your monthly fee.
- At the end of our agreement, ownership of the backup facility transfers to your organization.
Upcoming Events
Learn more about Exergy’s capabilities and platform by watching our Explainer Video.
Why Exergy’s Service is Superior
No other provider offers what Exergy does: a zero-CAPEX backup power facility sized to your entire organization, with completely outsourced service / maintenance / management, monthly payments that are partly (or in some markets, completely) offset by shared cash flows from Ancillary Grid Services, and a service that is structured completely off-balance sheet.
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Blog
Blog
Live Event Video : Renewable Diesel and Investment Tax Credit
Need a backup generator? How about saving 30% through Investment Tax Credits available to those who engage in renewable…
Risks to Continuity Plans: Weather-Related Outages, Grid Decarbonization, and Restructuring Amidst Increasing Energy Demand
Most business continuity plans do not consider the potential risks resulting from the confluence of weather-related…
LCOE: more bad news.
Sorry to be pedantic but this is a follow-on to my earlier post: “LCOE is misleading and dangerous”. In that post, I…
Procrastination is expensive.
Growing up, my mother would constantly remind me: “A stitch in time, saves 9”. This was good advice. Putting something…
LCOE is Misleading and Feeding a Dangerous Hype Cycle
While noble in its intent to be able to directly compare the cost of energy sources, LCOE (Levelized Cost of Energy)…
The Energy Transition Can Kill Your Business
Decarbonizing the grid is essential, but the haphazard, rudderless and leaderless path we are taking will lead to a…
We are out of time. Prepare and adapt.
Let’s be honest. We are running the climate change experiment, not stopping it. We knew about climate change 40+ years…
Too hot to live. Too hot to work.
New research has found that Middle America could soon be too hot for humans to live in. This is the finding from a new…
Reliable Grid? No. Time to get Backup Power.
“GRID RELIABILITY ON THE HOT SEAT AGAIN HOUSE ENERGY SUBCOMMITTEE HEARS FROM GRID OPERATORS” This was the title of…
Need Backup Power? Are Batteries the Solution?
Battery prices have enjoyed a very steep decline in costs, and according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory…
Manufacturers are increasingly embracing the energy-as-a-service model
Manufacturers are increasingly embracing the energy-as-a-service model for equipment outsourcing to delegate…
Regulators Not Investing in Outage Prevention. Get backup power.
“Regulators slash Dominion's plan to fortify outage-prone lines” You can read the article here. According to the…
EV Charging. For Less.
Many companies are considering installing EV Charging at their facilities to address the growing number of EV’s both…
Stop kidding yourself.
“Without major action to reduce emissions, global temperature is on track to rise by 2.5 °C to 4.5 °C (4.5 °F to 8 °F)…
Free Fractional Chief Sustainability Officer
Many companies are struggling to justify a full-time Chief Sustainability Officer and are now seeking fractional CSO’s.…
Great Video on Climate Change from “The Economist”
I am an avid reader of the Economist and appreciate the in-depth analysis and global perspective. The magazine just…
Climate Change making solar energy more expensive
“Renewable Energy Insurers Trying To Limit Coverage For Severe Convective Storms” This was the title of a recent…
Diesel Backup Generators at Risk of Failure in Florida Hurricane
Exergy Energy, your concierge utility, has been promoting natural gas backup generators since day one. Natural gas is…
Live Event Video : Emergency or Full-Facility Back-Up Power Solutions?
Many business owners are unaware that their current generators only support parts of the business during outages. Learn…
Great Example of Supply / Demand and Prices
Electricity prices are extremely volatile. This is because there is effectively no storage or inventory and generation…
Local Business Owner David March Named to NSBA Leadership Council
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8/21/2023 Contact: David March 704-778-1909 march@hoothost.io Local Business Owner David March…
More trouble on the way for ERCOT
Just had an opportunity to review the capacity additions and retirements for ERCOT. See the charts below. At a cursory…
Sorry, hope is gone. Time to prepare and act.
The trend is clear in the graph. Extreme weather is on the rise and since we haven’t really addressed climate change,…
Live Event Video : Do I need a Generator?
We discuss the benefits of back-up power solutions for your business. • Business continuity during power outages and…
Outage Risk has the attention of the Federal Government
Climate change has resulted in extreme weather being more pervasive and less geographically limited. The problem has…
Live Event Video : Power Outages – What They Cost Your Business!
Power outages for a business mean lost productivity, revenue, inventory, data, etc. - the list goes on! Learn how to…
PJM: Energy transition to renewables could lead to electricity shortages.
“One of the nation's largest grid operators PJM says the energy transition into renewables and away from coal and…
Historically Widespread Outbreak of Severe Thunderstorms
The eastern United States was hit by a historically widespread outbreak of severe thunderstorms this week, resulting…
Power outages on the horizon.
“At a recent meeting of Yaw's committee, PJM officials testified, at the current course, PJM is not going to have…
Worried about blackouts? You should be!
“Electricity providers beg Biden not to shutter power plants in the name of climate change.” This is the title of an…
Live Event Video : Why Your Business Needs A Concierge Utility®
The energy market has become a complex environment. Learn how innovative business solutions, such as outsourcing a…
Is climate change moving faster than we can manage?
It is now evident that we will not be able to reach the original Paris 1.5 degree temperature rise. Too little, too…
Live Event Video : Building Emissions and New York’s Local Law 97
We discuss the implications of LL97's building decarbonization regulations on New Yorks building owners and their…
Coolest summer for the rest of my life? Live hot in darkness!
“Heat waves like those in Texas and Europe are likely to get worse on the whole, not better.” This is the opening…
Apologies. Correction
I have been using the value of 78% of power outages are caused by weather. I need to correct or update this value, as…
New Life of Diesel Generators
GeneratorShield is a future-proof maintenance program to keep your tier 1 diesel generator up to date with the latest…
Live Video : Skyven Technologies – Industrial Steam Heat Pumps
Exergy hosting Arun Gupta, CEO of Skyven Technologies to learn more about how their line of industrial steam heat pumps…
Two-thirds of North American is at risk of energy shortfalls this summer.
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) just released its 2023 Summer Reliability Assessment. It is…
Anatomy of power outage recovery
Kudos to FirstEnergy Corp having received the Emergency Recovery Award from the Edison Electric Institute in…
Live Event Video : What to expect this summer. El Nino, power outages and prices.
A dangerous combination of forces is likely to make this summer a very difficult time for organizations that depend on…
Ain’t no solar, when there’s smoke. (thanks to NASA for the picture)
Just received the data on the impact of the Canadian wildfire smoke on solar production. For New York State, solar…
Outages 6-19
400,000 people without power at 9 AM: Not looking good for the rest of the summer. Extreme heat is crippling the…
New York Grid at Risk
“The rate at which old fossil fuel plants are being replaced by green energy such as wind and solar is leading to…
Increased Strain on NY Power Grid Affecting LL97 Regulations
Last Wednesday, the New York grid operator warned the rapid transition to electrification of various sectors has…
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; “The Grid is in Trouble” Get backup power.
Sen. Joe Manchin, chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, issued the following opening remarks…
Artificial Intelligence is Fueling the Energy Transition
AI is playing a crucial role in accelerating the global energy transition towards cleaner and more sustainable……
Exergy Energy Optimized Energy Procurement
Exergy has just launched a new energy procurement platform that provides a single source of truth for energy…
The Looming Power Shortage
A recent E3 study projecting a capacity shortage in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) has raised concerns about the future…
Backup Generator Maintenance: Simplifying Equipment Upgrades
Most businesses have backup generators as they rely on uninterrupted power so operations can continue during outages.…
A CEO’s Guide to a Stronger Energy Star Portfolio with Third-Party Management
Enhancing your Energy Star portfolio is crucial for CEOs aiming to boost sustainability and profitability. In addition…
American Power Grid Under Siege – The New Wave of Terrorist Activity
Microsoft recently exposed a state-sponsored Chinese hacking group called "Volt Typhoon" that infiltrated critical…
Reduce carbon footprint and cost with thermal storage for chillers : Live Event Video
Most large buildings require air conditioning year round. This drives up both cost and carbon footprint. Time shifting…
Be prepared for “snakes on grid”???
Outages are painful and can happen anytime. While 78% of outages are due to weather, many things can cause you to go…
Outages make for a bad day, even Mother’s Day
A power outage in Kennewick caused businesses to close and a Mother’s Day brunch to be canceled. It was concerned that…
Get backup power if you can. That is the recommendation from experts.
There was a chilling article recently in the New York Times, that interviewed a number of experts in disaster response.…
Big changes to Texas grid spells big problems.
Recently the Texas State Congress has been advancing a bill aimed at increasing “resiliency” to the ERCOT power grid.…
More bad weather coming. Outages to be expected.
Hard to believe, but the planet has been in a cooling trend since 2020, even though we have had record temperatures.…
The grid is heading for a reliability crisis. Are you prepared?
“The United States is heading for a reliability crisis,” Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark…
Partnership for Decarbonization; your concierge utility.
Managing the decarbonization of a facility encompasses a broad scope of responsibilities: • Safety • Health •…
Do you need a decarbonization strategy?
Reducing your carbon footprint is a complicated endeavor which requires a well thought through plan and process. It is…
More bad news for the Texas grid. Get backup power.
A Thursday article in the Texas Tribune has some very depressing news regarding the Texas grid. Quoting from the…
AI and the Grid, one more thing to go wrong.
The general consensus is that Artificial Intelligence will make the grid more reliable, resilient and lower cost. It…
Virtual Power Plants won’t save you.
VPP’s are being herald as a panacea for a variety of grid issues. In reality, VPP’s are basically just an aggregation…
Decarbonized Grid. Can’t get there from here.
Climate change is a global problem and we are all in this together. It will take collective action by everyone if we…
Collective Inaction: Grid Chaos.
We have been warning our clients that the electrical system is on a glidepath to more outages, lower reliability and…
Life Safety as a Service
Extreme weather and increasing grid outages are prompting more organizations and regulators to insist on backup…
The outlook for Grid Reliability : Live Event Video
Grid outages have increased dramatically over the past 10 years. What should we expect going forward? How should we…
Too Many Cooks in the “Grid Kitchen”
This article from Tony Paradiso in energycentral is a great succinct depiction of the current situation. Unfortunately…
Be a good climate citizen. Get backup power.
Few people know how close we came to a major blackout just before Christmas. Because the demand for electricity was so…
Live on the coast? Get backup power.
“Increasing global temperatures will bring changes to our environment, economy, and society, but one of the most…
Making sense of carbon footprint and energy : Live Event Video
Many organization have tasked their managers with becoming green, sustainable and reducing their carbon footprint.…
No way to get there. You need backup power.
Reading the energycentral news this morning, the following quote caught my eye: “Much to the chagrin of industry…
EVs overloading the and grid leading to outages. Get backup power.
Was reading Power Magazine and the article “Driving on Electric Avenue….” and while everyone is excited about the…
Decarbonization Paralysis: Get backup power
Investments are up but they fall short of Bloomberg’s New Energy Finance estimates of what is needed to be on track for…
NIMBY and the energy transition! Get backup power
Climate change is a global problem and is going to take a commitment from everyone to help save the planet. I don’t…
Sorry Michigan: Get backup power
The entire country is struggling with extreme weather and its associated power outages. Just so happens some states do…
Why you need help in procuring energy : Live Event Video
The energy markets have become more complicated and volatile. To get the best deal and protect your business, you…
Energy transition; way off track. Get backup power now.
“A report published by IRENA on Tuesday said an additional $35 trillion of investments in transitional technologies…
Live with it and get backup power
The vast majority of outages are caused by weather events taking down wires. If you think that this will be solved by…
Natural Disasters Leave a Crumbling Grid Susceptible to Outages
This statement caught my eye in a recent article in EnergyCentral titled: “How Can We Update the Grid to Be M ore…
How does no CAPEX work? Zero carbon with no up-front cost
You can meet your backup power and sustainability objectives with no up-front cost or CAPEX investment. In this event…
Is there a problem with wind? Get backup power.
I was always comfortable with believing the sun will always shine and the wind will always blow. That is until I saw…
Lack of planning. Dirtier and less reliable grid. Get backup power.
We have been sounding the alarm that we are not proactively managing the transition to the zero carbon grid. Throw a…
Backup Power as a Service. No up-front cost.
Extreme weather coupled with an aging grid has resulted in a 14 fold increase in outages over the past 10 years. Backup…
“You Must Rely On Other People” The Podcast For Entrepreneurs w/ David March
It's all about the mission. It's all about the passion. And it's all about being a 360-degree leader. You can't do it…
Why the energy transition will be painful. Get backup power.
We have been sounding the alarm that we are falling forward towards decarbonizing the grid without a plan of action. We…
Electricity famine is here. Get backup power.
The grid is being set up to fail. Just ran across this great article:…
Low-cost renewables does not mean lower electricity prices.
We constantly hear how wind and solar are now cheaper than fossil fuel generation. I don’t dispute the calculation,…
Grid needs 57% more transmission capacity. Sure, that will be easy. Get a backup generator
The Department of Energy just released a draft report concluding that the country will need to add 47,300 GW-Miles of…
What is a Concierge Utility® : Live Event Video
The electricity and natural gas markets have become more complicated a volatile. They are also decoupled from your…
Solar and wind is why you need backup power.
The graph depicts the minimum and maximum of the range of power that is provided by the combination of solar and wind…
Decarbonizing old buildings and making residents happy
Many old city buildings still rely on steam radiators and if you have had the unfortunate experience of having lived in…
Understanding Commercial and Industrial Generator Noise
Commercial and Industrial generators are becoming a common and necessary addition for commercial businesses and…
The gap between demand and electricity supply. Get backup power.
A perfect storm. Increased demand from electrification, declining investment in fossil generation and the inability to…
We’re relying on dirty peaker plants more than ever.
The need for more grid support during the day is growing as the share of electricity generation from intermittent…
East Coast and Gulf Coast Businesses: Get Backup Generators. Get Prepared.
The risks of hurricane-caused wind damage will grow along the East and Gulf coasts over the next 30 years and expand…
The Clear and Present Danger in the Electric Transition
“The electricity system in the United States — all of it — is heading into a massive crisis in the not very distant…
Not enough investment in clean energy.
In the new report: “Global Landscape of Renewable Energy Finance 2023”, The International Renewable Energy Agency and…
Exergy 101
Exergy 101
Making Organizations Resilient, Green, and Saving Them Money
Exergy’s model is quite simple – Any organization seeking to be resilient, green, and save money selects Exergy to supply all of its electricity needs. We deliver 100% renewable energy to the organization from utility-scale projects at a price competitive with what they are currently paying.
We install a natural gas backup generator at your facility, at no cost to you, to keep you running when the grid is down.
When the grid needs help during extreme weather, or when there is line disruption, Exergy supports the grid by turning on the generator and reducing the load on the grid. The grid pays Exergy for this support. Exergy passes on part of the money it earns to you as savings on your energy bill.
Learn more about Exergy’s capabilities and platform.
David Kurzman, CFO
David Kurzman, CFO
David leads finance and operations at the firm, serving as its Chief Financial Officer. Prior to co-founding the firm in 2018, he was Director of Project Finance for Amp where he oversaw credit reviews, underwriting, sourcing debt and equity capital, and guiding projects from concept through to operation. Additionally, David headed NewPath Energy Capital LLC, a private equity and financial advisory firm where he launched, managed, and oversaw all aspects of NewPath’s pools of industrial equipment for investors. He has held several leadership roles as Portfolio Manager at the Leuthold Weeden Capital Management, Managing Partner of a CleanTech hedge fund, and he has held several research positions for private firms, investment banks, and a Registered Investment Company. David earned his B.A. from Grinnell College, completed additional classes in accounting at Drake University, and holds an active Series 7/Registered Representatives license.
President, NewPath Energy Capital
Portfolio Manager, Leuthold Weeden Capital Management
Managing Partner, Kurzman CleanTech LP
20-year CleanTech Analyst & Entrepreneur
Contact David at kurzman@hoothost.io