Resources
Consultants vs. TrueMeter: The $500K Decision That Could Make or Break Your Budget
When CFOs think about cutting energy costs, the default answer often looks the same: hire a consultant. Firms like Accenture or Deloitte promise to untangle utility bills, shop rates, and identify rebates. But here’s the catch: those projects often come with six-figure invoices and deliver only a one-time snapshot. Energy markets don’t stand still. Why should your savings?
Energy Forecasting vs. Reality: How CFOs Forecast Power Bills Across a Chain
For CFOs of brick-and-mortar businesses, forecasting expenses is a constant balancing act. Rent and payroll are predictable. Energy is not. Utility bills swing with weather, demand spikes, rate changes, and billing errors. For a restaurant spending 3–5% of revenue on energy providers or a retailer with margins as thin as 3–6%, these swings can derail forecasts and squeeze cash flow. Yet every CFO still has to answer the same question: “What will our energy bills look like next quarter?” Here are the most common forecasting approaches—and why they fall short.
TrueMeter’s Skin in the Game: Aligning Our Economic Incentive
In most industries, service providers earn regardless of results. Energy is no different: brokers take their commissions, bill-pay agents collect their fees, and utilities pass along every cent of cost—while businesses absorb the risk. At TrueMeter (formerly EcoTrove), we believe that model is broken. If we claim to be your energy partner, our economics should be tied directly to your outcomes. That’s why we built TrueMeter with skin in the game: if we can’t deliver the savings we promise, we pay the difference.
