Solutions
- STP Energy Markets Solution
- Energy Trading Solution
- Enterprise-wide Risk Management Solution
- Global Energy Back Office Solution
- Custom Solutions
- ASP Solution
Market Focus
- Crude Oil/Refined Product Firms
- Global, Fully Integrated Energy Companies
- Electric Utilities
- Local Distribution Companies (LDC) & Municipalities
- North American Pipeline Companies
- Natural Gas/NGL Companies
- Commercial/Investment Banks
- Hedge Funds
- Other Entities
Local Distribution Companies
(LDC) & Municipalities
Energy Solutions Made Easy
LDCs and municipal distribution entities had always excelled at managing load demands, or volumetric risks, originated from their customer bases. Then, deregulations in the electricity markets added another dimension of exposure: market risks. Depending on the types of generation assets, the range of market risks can prove extensive. They include power, natural gas, crude, coal, weather, and emissions exposures. As a result, some LDCs and municipalities invested in building their internal risk management capabilities, while others outsourced parts or all of their risk management or asset management responsibilities to major trading and marketing companies. However, since the collapse of the old power trading giants, most LDCs and municipalities must now assume full responsibility for managing all aspects of their operations.
They face a key challenge: to balance the demand of the long-term commitment of delivering power to consumer markets across each locality effectively with the reality of short-term price volatilities in various energy markets. Endur's "openness" supports a range of energy solutions that are individually customizable for each LDC or municipal client. If your entity has invested in building its internal risk management expertise and has developed its own proprietary risk profile around its assets, you can further leverage Endur's advanced risk management capabilities - implemented within our STP environment - to improve your existing operations and to support any and all new business initiatives you may have.
Whether you need to better manage your generation assets using our PGA (Power Generation Asset) module, support FAS 133/IAS 39 reporting requirements, develop new simulation scenarios for your risk management needs, or simply improve your real-time reporting capabilities, an Endur-based LDC/Municipality energy solution can do it faster and easier. We provide the best platform to accommodate changes in the market, regulatory, accounting, credit, technology, and beyond - into the future!
If you're just starting to build your own internal risk capabilities, OpenLink makes an ideal technology partner. No matter where in the world you operate, you can configure and implement our Endur-based LDC/Municipality energy solution with any of our "Best Practice" models. These include: German Power, North American Natural Gas, and European Emissions, among others. Using Endur, you can turbo-charge your existing trading and risk operations at very competitive cost levels, with substantial leeway to upgrade to other advanced modules of the Endur family suite, including pMotion, gMotion, real-time market and credit risk monitoring, APM (Active Position Manager), PGA module, Accounting Manager, real-time interfaces for exchanges and electronic hubs and more. If you still consider an Endur-based solution too advanced for your existing needs, you run the risk of limiting your upside to the future of your business.