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Sustainability and growth through partnerships

Today’s energy environment consists of many converging issues that include alternative energy sources, regulatory/legislative concerns and emerging technologies.

Smart Energy Source is a strategic business model developed to assist organizations, businesses and individuals with finding viable energy solutions. SES provides a roadmap of how to address critical questions that face the energy industry:

  • How can resources, knowledge and experiences be leveraged to facilitate new energy practices and approaches?
  • How can we assure that tax payers’ and rate payers’ dollars are being utilized in the most effective and broad-reaching approach?
  • What tools can be utilized to assure that the economic and social values of renewable energy and energy-efficiency measures are validated?
  • How can we assure that proper implementation of applications meets a high standard of credibility?
  • What benefits can be derived from smart grid applications?
  • What factors should be considered when purchasing renewable power from consumers?

The SES framework enables regional utilities, higher education, private enterprise and end use consumers to leverage relationships, resources, knowledge and experiences as we work toward smarter energy solutions and alternatives.
  Economies of scale

Spreading fixed capital, operation and maintenance costs over a larger consumer base will lead to lower per unit costs and lower rates for customers. Additional efficiencies can be realized by lower total costs stemming from combined financial, administrative, personnel and equipment resources.
  Increased Financial Opportunities

Access to capital continues to become an increasing challenge as the economic conditions continue to decline. Consolidated services can help achieve a stronger financial position .
  Elimination of duplicate services

Greater efficiencies can be achieved by consolidating input. In many cases, this will increase overall production.
  Increased reliability

Meeting consumer needs and industry demands with leveraged resources instead of independent sources leads to increased reliability.
  Increased flexibility

Because of the greater resources available and the improved economies of scale, consolidating efforts and services opens possibilities for value expansion and overall technology enhancement.
  Enhanced protection of publich health

With benefits accrued due to economies of scale and potential greater access to state-of-the-art technologies, public health and environmental protection can be enhanced.
  Skill improvements

Independent systems may not have the resources necessary to hire the highly skilled labor force that is necessary in today’s environment. Being able to provide higher salaries could attract highly qualified employees.span>

Oklahoma State UniversityOSU

Founded in 1890, Oklahoma State University is a land-grant institution, OSU has excelled in the areas of research and technology. Currently, OSU is working toward a smarter grid through the alternative energy of compressed natural gas.
Central Rural Electric Cooperative

Central Rural Electric Cooperative is a distrubution cooperative serving 18,000 members in central Oklahoma. CREC uses smart grid technology to provide daily energy use charts to its membership via the Internet.
City of StillwaterStillwater

The City of Stillwater is working toward a smarter grid by working with CREC and OSU to deploy smart metering throughout the city of Stillwater.
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