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An energy team runs six functions - commercial strategy, cost operations, risk & markets, load & assets, sustainability, and regulatory intelligence. Pilot runs all six for you (Turnkey), or owns the scope you assign alongside your team (Co-Managed). Same team, same depth - only the reach changes.
Two engagement models
Every engagement runs on the same six functions. What changes is who runs which one - defined together at engagement design.
Pilot operates commercial strategy, cost operations, risk & markets, load & assets, sustainability, and regulatory intelligence - end to end. Your team gets defensible budgets, clean reporting, and one less function to staff.
Pilot owns the scope you assign. The team and the depth don't change - only the reach. A coordinated cadence with your internal energy lead, who keeps the relationships and the strategic calls.
What runs inside every engagement
An in-house energy manager runs about thirty different things - from contract negotiation to capacity-tag management to monthly board reporting. Pilot groups them into six functions, each with a clear remit.
Sourcing & contract structure.
The bill, watched.
Exposure, managed ahead.
The demand side.
Carbon goals, made defensible.
Staying current, by default.
What doesn't change
We don't sell power, install equipment, or take compensation tied to which supplier you choose. The recommendation is shaped by your profile, not our economics.
The same advocates stay with your account. Energy strategy compounds; so should the relationship running it. Stable teams produce better outcomes.
You work from the same dashboard we do. PowerUp gives your team real-time market data, contract visibility, and exposure - every decision one you can see and defend.
Onboarding
We define scope, model, and which functions Pilot runs - and which your team keeps. The map before the work.
We learn your portfolio while already acting on the urgent items. Discovery doesn't block the first moves.
Early, concrete results - a recovered refund, a renewal handled, a capacity exposure flagged - while the steady state is built.
The cadence settles: monthly reconciliations, quarterly briefings, the calendar managed ahead. The function, run.
What you're paying, and why
The pricing model is the clearest expression of the independence: like a financial advisor, you pay Pilot a fee for the work - never a margin on the energy itself. Within that, the structure flexes to match how you want to engage.
A monthly retainer covers a defined set of services, with project fees for specific initiatives - an RFP, an audit, a portfolio strategy. Predictable budgeting and a dedicated team. Most common for multi-site organizations, private equity platforms, and strategies that keep evolving.
A transparent per-unit fee, carried in the energy rate and remitted by the supplier - no separate invoice, nothing new to administer, no upfront cost. The fee is the same whichever supplier you choose; it scales with usage, not with the deal. A fit for mid-market portfolios that want bundled simplicity.
Fees tied directly to results: a share of the savings measured against an agreed baseline. You pay when the savings land, not before. Built for highly price-sensitive organizations with clear baselines and a defined way to measure.
A 30-minute call to talk through which functions you'd hand over, which you'd keep, and what the right model looks like for your structure.