Industrials, schools, and isolated/rural communities all want to manage their long-term supply, carbon footprint, and ultimately the service of energy. Oil, gas, and power companies all want to develop new revenue streams. Energy as a service—with a monthly fixed rate and guaranteed sources of supply—is a potentially powerful model, from guaranteed lighting or heat in a building to power for a production facility.
Power generation is critical to the growth prospects of natural gas. But natural gas faces strong competition from competitively priced coal and the declining cost of renewable power. And yet natural gas offers unique benefits to help enable and support the power industry’s shift to a lower carbon future. How will this play out in different markets?