Energy prices climbed to a decade high last year but have moderated this spring. As we, once again, prepare for the warmer months ahead, we at Competitive Energy Services (CES) have been reflecting on the wild commodity price swings of the past 12 months and thinking about the factors that will impact markets in 2023 and beyond. We’re also pondering the macro trends that are likely to significantly reshape energy markets and how to plan for the inevitable change that’s on the energy horizon.

Register to attend our upcoming free online energy market seminar, titled “Bridging the Future: Managing the Energy Commodity Transition," which will be held on Wednesday, June 7 from Noon – 1:00 p.m. (including Q&A) and will cover timely topics relevant to energy markets, to your business – and to your budget. Join CES Energy experts who will be on hand that day to cover top-of-mind energy topics, including:

· A review of energy commodity markets over the past 12 months and how prices were impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the weather, and other key factors.

· A near-term look at what you should expect from energy markets over the coming 12 months along with the primary risk variables.

·  Future trends – a summary of macro trends that will impact energy markets over the next decade.

All seminar attendees are automatically entered into our Seminar Half-time AND End-of-Seminar Giveaways! 

CES is pleased to be a part of the University of Massachusetts, Amherst’s Big Ten & Friends Utility Conference 2023, which will take place on the university’s campus from June 20 – 23.

Keith Sampson, Senior Vice President, Energy Services; Zac Bloom, Vice President, Head of Sustainability and Renewables; and Eben Perkins, Vice President, Consulting will be among the featured presenters at the four-day conference, which brings together facilities managers and energy specialists from universities across the U.S. to share lessons learned and best practices in campus utilities operations. This year’s conference agenda will feature discussions on pathways to carbon neutrality, energy resiliency, women in facilities, utility systems operation, maintenance innovations, and more,

For the conference schedule and to register, click here.

The River of Doubt

By Candace Millard

At once an incredible adventure narrative and a penetrating biographical portrait, The River of Doubt is the true story of Theodore Roosevelt's harrowing exploration of one of the most dangerous rivers on earth. The River of Doubt; it is a black, uncharted tributary of the Amazon that snakes through one of the most treacherous jungles in the world. Indians armed with poison-tipped arrows haunt its shadows; piranhas glide through its waters; boulder-strewn rapids turn the river into a roiling cauldron. From the soaring beauty of the Amazon rain forest to the darkest night of Theodore Roosevelt's life, here is Candice Millard's dazzling debut. (Amazon.com Review)