The Project Team Approach
Pathchoice works with you as a team. Overall project direction is provided by Michael Kuriychuk, MBA, principal consultant. Specialists are brought in as needed, within the following disciplines:
- electrical engineering and project management
- information project execution at the DCS and process MIS levels
- organizational behaviour interventions and organizational redesign
- survey work, including both energy opportunities and behavioral
- project feasibility analysis and financing
You are kept in the loop, taking ownership of the process and results. Our philosophy is to build your organization's awareness and capacity to better manage energy challenges in the future.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Identify needs
Agree on deliverables
Execute on time and on budget
Develop client skills for the future
Provide insight beyond the expected
________________________________________
2010 Pathchoice Energy Consulting Inc. All rights reserved.
Projects
Pathchoice brings a responsive, customized approach to the task at hand, minimizing overhead and focusing on what works best for you.
Strategic and operational choices
Project Type
|
Industry
|
Role
|
Date
|
Procurement
|
LDC
|
Organized and executed an RFP for major equipment supply for a municipal landfill gas generation project
|
2008
|
Procurement
|
Forest
|
Developed purchasing specs, evaluated bids and recommended hedging alternatives on electricity commodity supply
|
< 2007
|
Energy IT systems
|
Forest
|
Developed functional specifications for a mill-wide IT system covering steam, fuels and electricity. Project budget CAD 1.5 million
|
< 2007
|
Energy IT systems
|
Mining
|
Evaluated existing energy IT systems and recommended functional improvements
|
2007
|
Energy IT systems
|
Primary Steel
|
Conducted an energy optimization review involving IT systems, equipment retrofits, and operational changes to bring a new cogeneration system into the energy infrastructure of an existing mill
|
2008
|
Energy IT systems
|
Various
|
Developed a set of risk analysis software tools to support Demand Response participation by industrial clients
|
2009
|
Government Relations
|
Industry Association
|
Developed strategies to support association's industrial members regarding electricity pricing, cost control, market structure and products (AMPCO)
|
< 2007
|
Government Relations
|
Industry Association
|
Provided subject matter expertise on CDM and cogeneration to the association in their regulatory intervention on the Integrated Power System Plan (AMPCO)
|
2008
|
Government Relations
|
Forest
|
Advised three forest products clients on GR strategies
|
2008-9
|
Conservation
|
OPA
|
Executed client contacts to promote the Industrial Energy Efficiency Program for the Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
|
2008
|
Conservation
|
Universities
|
Executed a benchmarking survey of energy use across all university campuses in Ontario
|
2009
|
Demand Response (DR)
|
OPA
|
Surveyed large and medium-sized industry in Ontario for DR potential and provided the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) recommendations on desired program features, barriers to participation, and readiness of various sectors
|
2008
|
Demand Response (DR)
|
Various
|
Assisted 12 industrial clients to prepare for and enroll in the Ontario DR programs. Sectors: forest, steel, cement, mining, air separation
|
2008
|
Cogeneration (CHP)
|
Forest
|
Coordinated the development and submission of a successful bid package for a biomass cogeneration project under the OPA CHP-III competition
|
2009
|
Cogeneration (CHP)
|
LDC
|
Evaluated feasibility and managed the application process for a landfill gas generation project (OPA RESOP program)
|
2008
|
Cogeneration (CHP)
|
Primary steel
|
Provided support to the project team building a new industrial cogeneration plant: metering plan, controls optimization, equipment selection
|
2009
|
Cogeneration (CHP)
|
Forest
|
Currently developing two additional biomass CHP opportunities (OPA FIT program)
|
ongoing
|