Reliability

Gabel Associates has been entrusted to manage the procurement of electricity and/or natural gas supplies for dozens of private commercial and industrial customers, as well as for numerous public bodies, including the State of New Jersey, over 400 school districts in New Jersey, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Burlington and Hudson County and the Atlantic County Utilities Authority. We undertake energy procurement activities for these clients, as well as provide strategic energy advice.

Regulatory

Crucial to developing and implementing an effective strategic procurement plan is an in-depth knowledge of New Jersey regulatory history, present proceedings, standards and metering services, and third party supplier status and activities. The rules and related tariffs are often complex, vary by utility territory, and are subject to constant modification. Gabel Associates’ two principals, Steven Gabel and Robert Chilton, played key roles in developing New Jersey’s deregulated electricity and natural gas markets, and remain active on behalf of a number clients in proceedings before the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities that affect the rules for retail choice in the State. Robert Chilton was head of the Division of Energy at the Board of Public Utilities from 1996 to 2000 and was a leading architect of New Jersey’s energy market structure developing the legislation, utility settlements and tariffs for the electric and natural gas markets. Steven Gabel served as an expert witness in the stranded cost /unbundling rate proceedings at the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities and advised numerous clients and the legislature on the energy restructuring issues.

Environmental Consulting

Gabel Associates has a long history of managing issues associated with governmental and industrial environmental impact to air, water and land resources. Gabel Associates' expertise extends to solid waste management programs for counties and municipalities as well as recycling and regulatory issues. Gabel Associates has worked cooperatively with the NJDEP to assist clients with air permitting and also to adhere to and often exceed clean air standards.  Gabel Associates has the knowledge and experience to assist clients in their fiscally and environmentally responsible endeavors. 

Pioneering eBidding

Gabel Associates developed and initiated the first energy e-purchasing program approved by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs under PL2000, c.30. Gabel Associates is the consultant/program administrator for the Alliance for Competitive Energy Services (ACES) and has aggregated the purchase of electric supply for 417 New Jersey school districts through an electric procurement system. Gabel Associates provides comprehensive consulting services, including data collection, bid preparation and account savings analysis.

PJM-ISO Expertise

Gabel Associates serves on various PJM committees including the Members Committee, Energy Market Committee and the Reliability Assurance Committee, In that capacity, the firm attends and participates on behalf of clients on a regular basis in key committees that discuss key power market issues, rules and developments. As a result, Gabel Associates has detailed expertise in the operation of the region’s electric transmission system and wholesale energy markets, which serve as the foundation for electricity costs and reliability.

Registered Energy Agent

Gabel Associates is the only energy agent registered with the State of New Jersey (Registration No. EA-0021) and has the ability to receive customer account data through New Jersey utilities’ electronic data interface. This greatly increases the speed and accuracy with which Gabel Associates can obtain and analyze load data, a critical and otherwise time-consuming and costly step in the electric procurement process.

Introduction

Gabel Associates is an energy, environmental and public utility consulting firm with principal offices located in Highland Park, New Jersey. Gabel Associates provides its expertise to a wide variety of clients involved in virtually every sector of the energy industry. Our client list includes public utilities, individual commercial and industrial end users, aggregated groups of residential, commercial, industrial and governmental end users, public agencies, public utility commissions, power plant owners and operators, wholesale energy traders and marketers and retail energy suppliers.