Easy answers are hard to come by in today’s tight energy market; the uncertainties of deregulation, static supply of product, and burgeoning demand have created logistical challenges for facilities managers. For those organizations where reliable and affordable power is an absolute necessity, EMCOR is an indispensable partner. In 2000, EMCOR delivered expert design/build, retrofit and management services to its clients seeking answers  to tough energy management  questions. From distributed power  to energy-use analysis, EMCOR  focuses on its customers’ energy  needs so they can concentrate on  their core business activities. Deregulation of the electricity market coupled with rapidly increasing demand for ultra-reliable, high quality electric power for the digital economy provides new and increased opportunities for EMCOR to build and maintain energy supply systems. Deregulation and tight supplies force energy consumers to  make informed choices that will allow them to keep their energy costs down. EMCOR’s broad experience and technical expertise enables it to help its customers make and implement these choices  and maintain their systems to ensure reliable, cost-effective operation. EMCOR’s strength in the energy sector  is derived from its varied experience and its ability to bundle allied services in a quantity and manner determined by  each client. And EMCOR’s roster of clients for its energy services is as varied as the services themselves, including Ontario Power Generation, Aladdin  Hotel and Casino, TransCanada Pipelines, Harvard Medical School, TOSCO, Verizon, and the University of California. EMCOR Energy combines broad-based consulting and engineering services with the local market knowledge and expertise of EMCOR’s contracting and facilities services companies in order to provide integrated services with quality, price competitiveness, and an accelerated delivery process. EMCOR Energy 5 EMCOR’s involvement in the energy transmission and production market is significant. In September 2000, EMCOR completed its work on the Alliance Gas Pipeline  project – one of the largest in North America – providing gas from the western provinces of Canada to the midwestern United States.