"Escus" (Energy Service Commodity Units) ANew Approach to Energy Service Financing

Abstract

D er egulation has unleashed on th e partiall y lib er at ed con sum er
communit y a series of providers of economic alternat ives . "Power mar-
ketin g" pr es ently is th e perc eived lead er ; followed by ene rgy se rv ice
comp ani es; and con sultant s on cost reduction .
A definite role still also exists for develop ers of in sid e-the-fence
faciliti es with exces s usage m ark eting capability. Companies in th ese
bu sin esses have always known about their overlaps, and now are
b eginnin g to form new strat egic alliances to better compete for end
user bu sine ss .
For end u sers, this has cre at ed a new gen eration of timing of
se rvice purchase and financial struct uring anal ys is qu e sti ons. Th ose
qu e sti ons traditionall y faced were of course