Each and every consumer of electricity and/or gas is exposed to risks that are an integral part of the process of negotiation, striking and exercising the Supply Contract (eg credit risk of the supplier, risk of collapse of the electricity or gas network, risk of price fluctuation). The risk that mostly affects the competitiveness and sustainability of your business is certainly price risk. The negative effect of price risk materializes as increased energy bill. Striking multi-year fixed price contract at an unfavorable moment could make your business less competitive to the rest of the industry. That risk is avoidable by intelligently managing energy procurement process. Energy buyers very often ask the question:

"What will the price be in the future?"

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Forecasting future price movement is a highly risky business. Even large professional investors and hedge funds, which are backed by hundreds of top analysts and whose job is to employ large amount of funds to risky deals in order to make profit from speculative trades often miss the market and lose money. Don`t try to outsmart professional investors! Be careful with the energy markets, because the energy exchange is a place only for highly skilled and well-informed professionals. As an energy buyer, you should ensure that you purchase energy based on a procurement strategy fine-tuned to the characteristics of your business, which clearly and measurably limits exposure to unfavorable risks.

Let professionals define and implement an advanced supply strategy for your company and manage your long-term price hedging. Remember that long-term sustainable and competitive business requires professional hedging of energy costs!