NEM Launches Retail Energy Trends Survey

The National Energy Marketers Association (NEM) has launched a 2012 Retail Energy Trends Survey to assess the growth and expansion plans of the 140 retail energy companies active in the North American market.

NEM has partnered with Skipping Stone who will perform the research and confidentially compile the results.

"The retail energy sector is one of the brightest spots in the U.S. economy today," said Craig Goodman, NEM President and CEO. "In the last few years we have witnessed a significant growth in both the number of new markets and market participants, as well as a host of new product and service offerings including the emergence of new technologies," said Goodman.

The 2012 Retail Energy Trends Survey is intended to measure a variety of criteria, including job creation, market expansion plans, new products, services and technology initiatives, and more.

"This survey will help the Association and its members better quantify the impact of NEM's public policy advocacy on critical issues such as job creation and economic growth," added Goodman. "We thought it would be worthwhile to survey this market sector to assess key trends for next year, and for the National Energy Marketers Association to share the research results as a public service to its members, policy makers and the general public," said Goodman.

"We are seeing a shift in business models, product and service offerings and, for some, expansion into environmental technologies and demand response markets," added Peter Weigand, Skipping Stone CEO.

NEM invited retail energy service and technology companies to participate in the online survey accessible here.

Individual company answers to survey questions will not be shared with any third parties to protect the confidentiality of the responses. Only aggregate totals will be published in the final report, which will be made widely available as a public service on both the NEM and Skipping Stone Websites.