National Retailer Saves $50,000+ Annually Through Centralized Energy Procurement

The opportunity

A national outdoor retailer sought to centralize energy procurement and improve cost control across its extensive portfolio of locations.

Historically, the company lacked a centralized approach to managing energy procurement, with individual store managers responsible for overseeing utilities at their respective locations. This decentralized structure made it difficult to maintain consistency across contracts, monitor market exposure, and coordinate purchasing decisions.

With a large national footprint, the retailer had an opportunity to leverage its combined energy demand and establish a more strategic procurement process. Tradition Energy was engaged to evaluate existing agreements, identify immediate savings opportunities, and develop a centralized approach that could improve efficiency and cost management across the portfolio.

Tradition found numerous agreements with different expiration dates, making renewals difficult to coordinate. Several accounts had also remained on post-contractual pricing and were paying rates as high as three times prevailing market levels.

Where market conditions allowed, Tradition grouped eligible locations together for procurement. Aggregating demand enabled the retailer to leverage its broader purchasing volume rather than sourcing energy independently at each location.

Tradition conducted competitive RFPs across the portfolio to benchmark existing agreements against available market pricing. Most of these procurement events identified savings compared with the retailer’s existing energy arrangements.

The Result:
Centralized Procurement, Immediate Savings

$250,000+ Annual Savings

Tradition’s procurement initiatives generated more than $50,000 in annual energy savings during the first year of the engagement.

Reduced High-Cost Exposure

By identifying accounts paying post-contractual rates as high as three times market pricing, Tradition created opportunities to transition locations into more competitive supply agreements.

Portfolio-Wide Purchasing Power

Aggregating eligible locations allowed the retailer to leverage its national footprint, creating a more coordinated procurement process and stronger foundation for managing energy costs across its portfolio.

Client Testimonials

My Energy Advisor had me sold on Tradition Energy during my initial reach-out. Their attentiveness to not only our company but also our 5000 employees was over the top! Energy deregulation is new to Lubbock, and the learning curve was huge. They were timely in answering all of my questions, assisting me in preparations to present to our Board of Managers, creating an educational video for our staff, and working closely with our legal team to ensure we were prepared to lock in as soon as the opportunity came. Lubbock had multiple delays which pushed out our timeline, but I was never worried because they kept me in the loop on all the happenings in the market. I have referred Tradition Energy to many others, and they too are extremely pleased with the service and the insight Tradition Energy provides. Well Done!

Decision Maker,
Medical Center Facility

My Energy Advisor had me sold on Tradition Energy during my initial reach-out. Their attentiveness to not only our company but also our 5000 employees was over the top! Energy deregulation is new to Lubbock, and the learning curve was huge. They were timely in answering all of my questions, assisting me in preparations to present to our Board of Managers, creating an educational video for our staff, and working closely with our legal team to ensure we were prepared to lock in as soon as the opportunity came. Lubbock had multiple delays which pushed out our timeline, but I was never worried because they kept me in the loop on all the happenings in the market. I have referred Tradition Energy to many others, and they too are extremely pleased with the service and the insight Tradition Energy provides. Well Done!

Decision Maker,
Medical Center Facility

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