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Energy Brokers (also referred to as energy consultants) are at times confused to be thought of as the entity that supplies the energy, however, they are typically a middle-man assisting clients in procuring electric or natural gas rates from energy wholesalers/suppliers. Since electricity and natural gas are commodities, prices change daily with the market. It is challenging for most businesses without energy managers to obtain price comparisons from a variety of suppliers since prices must be compared on exactly the same day. In addition, the terms of the particular contract offered by the supplier influences the price that is quoted. An energy broker can provide a valuable service if they work with a large number of suppliers and can actually compile the sundry prices from suppliers. An important aspect of this consulting role is to assure that the client understands the differences between the contract offers. Under some State Laws they use the term "Suppliers" to refer to energy suppliers, brokers, and aggregators, however there are very important differences between them all. Energy brokers do not own or distribute energy, nor are allowed to sell energy directly to you. They simply present the rates of a wholesaler, or supplier. More experienced brokers offer a true consulting service. In the USA, the energy industry is becoming flooded with MLM (Multilevel Marketing) companies where people call themselves energy brokers, but they lack the proper training to offer any kind of useful consulting service. ==Product and services== Energy consultants offer a lot more than procuring energy contracts from a supplier. In the UK and Europe where there is a lot of legislation and increasing pressure for businesses and countries to do more to reduce their energy consumption a lot of services from brokers now help ensure businesses meet a lot of compliance and accreditation requirements such as the ESOS (energy saving opportunity scheme), ISO 50001, ISO 14001, Energy Performance Certificates and Display Energy Certificates. Other services include helping companies reduce energy consumption with the aim of meeting national and international carbon emission standards. Services include, Energy Health Checks, Energy Audits, Carbon Zero, Carbon Offsetting and energy saving solutions. Energy consultants provide transparency within the energy market, in particular the UK where energy bills can be quite complex and difficult to understand, a lot of new services assist businesses in ensuring they are on the right energy/ water tariff, and to start receiving accurate bills. Additional services such as arranging a Power Purchase Agreement, energy export contracts can be procured as well as energy monitoring and reporting technology and solutions are offered by energy consultants such as Utilitywise.〔http://www.utilitywise.com/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Energy broker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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