A local energy consulting firm is scaling
up to meet the needs of its growing business,
municipal, and nonprofit customer base.
Gordon Boyd and Gene Salerni, both founding
partners of EnergyNext Inc. in Saratoga
Springs, announced a strategic partnership
with Satori Energy, based in Chicago.
They said the move helps assure that new
group-buying programs and choices are available,
especially in renewable energy and community
choice.
“Satori Energy will be bringing its robust
back-office assets to support, enhance and
continue to create value for all EnergyNext,
Inc. clients and customers,” said Boyd.
“This partnership will allow EnergyNext
clients to realize additional energy savings for
the various businesses, chambers of commerce,
trade associations, and municipalities we serve,
utilizing Satori’s industry-leading procurement
processes and internal systems,” Salerni added.
Anna Baluyot, executive vice president at
Satori, noted, “We look forward to combining
Satori’s strengths with the tremendous business
which Gordon and Gene have built over
the past decades. Our skill sets complement
each other very well and our goals are aligned
in designing the best possible customer experience.”
Boyd said new initiatives from the Public
Service Commission promise added choices
for New York consumers, “especially where
renewable energy, community-based procurements,
and enhanced reliability are concerned.
This partnership will give our customers the
most timely and expert responses to these new
developments, as well as enhanced commodity
procurement for electricity and natural gas.”
Satori Energy (www.satorienergy.com) was
founded in 2003, is headquartered in Chicago,
and has evolved with the changing electricity
markets over the past 12 years, company officials
said. It serves over 48,000 accounts. Its
mission is to serve clients through strategic
energy procurement, risk management, market
monitoring services, and overall energy management
solutions for clients in deregulated
markets nationwide.
Satori President David C. Wiers has participated
in many deregulated markets from their
inception,and has shared his expertise at many
conferences and forums, advocating electric ity deregulation and representing third-party
aggregators, brokers and consultants (ABC)
channels. Based in Chicago,
Wiers is also a founding member and initial
President of the Texas Energy Professionals
Association. In 2007, he founded the Illinois
Energy Professionals Association, similar to
the Texas organization. Wiers has a B.A. degree
from Carthage College.
Baluyot has over 20 years of extensive experience
in the energy industry. This background
constitutes broad knowledge ranging from
utility engineering and operations and wholesale
energy trading, to energy efficiency and
demand response solutions for end-use clients.
In her past role as an alternative energy
supplier, Baluyot structured and negotiated
commodity products and renewable bundled
options to the governmental, industrial, and
institutional sectors. Additionally, She has
experience in the electricity aggregation
business, successfully creating value for 40
communities in Illinois. She holds a B.S. from
Loyola University of Chicago, and an MPA from
Indiana University.
EnergyNext, Inc. has managed group energybuying
programs since the inception of deregulation
in the mid-1990s. Its clients include more
than a dozen Chambers of Commerce, trade
associations and the Municipal Electric and
Gas Alliance. Through the groups, EnergyNext
procures electricity and natural gas supplies,
plus renewable energy, for more than 1,500
customers with total annual energy spending
of more than $100 million.
Boyd has employed a background as a strategic
planner to identify leading opportunities
in the energy marketplace for the firm’s clients.
He serves on the board of the Northeast U.S.
chapter of the Energy Professionals Association.
He previously worked in state government
and has served on a number of statewide and
local boards, including as environment chair
of the New York Chamber of Commerce and
Industry. He received an A.B. degree from
Hamilton College.
Gene Salerni has a technical and research
background, assisting clients in pricing and
energy management decisions. He also served
as Research Director for a joint commission
of the State Legislature and has a Ph.D. from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.