URC HASERS CONSORTIUM

A Program of the Maine Municipal Bond Bank and the Maine
Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority

 

MAINE HIGHER
EDUCATIONAL AUTHORITY

 

 

To: Jonathan Harvey, Vice President of Business Development
World Energy
CC: F. Catucci 
Robert O. Lenna, Director Maine Municipal Bond Bank
From: Mary Lou Gallup, Program Of?cer
Date: February 20, 2008
Re: Supplier RFP Award

 

Thank you for your pro-active participation in our efforts to secure supplier services for our Electricity
Program going forward. It has been a pleasure getting to know more about World Energy?s services.

The Maine PowerOptions review of Proposals and the negotiating process regarding services and
contract terms has been completed and an award for services has been made to Constellation
NewEnergy. World Energy fell short in a few key areas that were identi?ed by the Institutional Advisory
Council, staff and program consultant to be very important moving forward. Those important areas in
which World Energy fell short include; strength of supply contract in protecting members, demonstrated
strength of pricing in the Maine market, demonstrated commitment to the Maine market, ability to hold
the most competitive pricing for multiple days, availability of utility based billing, optional online
billing, online availability of usage data and an integrated load response program.

The MP0 Institutional Advisory Council voted unanimously to move forward with Constellation
NewEnergy for a three-year contract.

I want to personally thank you for your efforts to work with MPO and to serve our members.

 

3 University Drive - no. Box 2268 - Augusta, Maine - 04338-2268 - (207) 621-0744 Fax (866) 618-1679


 

 

     

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Health and Higher Educational Authority EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AUTHORITY

   

 

To: Derek Howell, Director, Aggregations and Associations
Direct Energy Services, LLC

CC: A. Lussier, P. Ingraham
Robert O. Lenna, Director Maine Municipal Bond Bank

From: Mary Lou Gallup, Program Of?cer

Date: February 20, 2008
Re: Supplier RFP Award

 

Thank you for your pro-active participation in our efforts to secure supplier services for our Electricity
Program going forward. It has been a pleasure getting to know more about Direct Energy Services and
the strong competition and customer service Direct Energy provides.

The Maine PowerOptions review of Proposals and the negotiating process regarding services and
contract terms has been completed and an award for services has been made to Constellation
NewEnergy. Direct Energy fell short in a few key areas that were identi?ed by the Institutional Advisory
Council, staff and program consultant to be very important moving forward. Those important areas
include bandwidth, holding pricing for multiple days, availability of utility based billing, optional online
billing, online availability of usage data and an integrated load response program. Of these issues,
bandwidth was the most problematic. The results of representative pricing tests were split fairly evenly
between suppliers, however Direct Energy indicated that removing the bandwidth provision, or going
beyond the 20% range would raise pricing, thus creating another negative in the evaluation process.
Although minimal, there was additional concern regarding the commitment to Maine given that Direct
Energy Services was not currently seeking customers in the Bangor Hydro Electric distribution area. The
existing active commitment to Maine was a factor in evaluating all suppliers.

Negotiations were conducted with three ?nal candidates including Direct Energy Services. The MPO
Institutional Advisory Council voted unanimously to move forward with Constellation NewEnergy for a

three-year contract.

I want to personally thank you for your efforts to work with MPO and to serve our members.

 

3 University Drive 0 PO. Box 2268 0 Augusta, Maine 0 04338-2268 0 (207) 621-0744 0 Fax (866) 618-1679