Energy management technology · Indiana manufacturing
Your utility sees every kilowatt you buy and runs it through a rate book you never see. Our two systems put that same view on your side of the meter: one to lower what you pay for power, one to protect everything that runs on it.
200+ load profiles under management
10% to 30% the savings range our VEM users see
99.8% accurate, revenue-grade metering
NIPSCO · I&M · Duke · AES rate books built into the software
01 / problem
At the end of the month the utility runs your usage through its rate calculator and sends you a bill. Most people in your seat look at it, see that it's about the same as last month, and pay it.
The utility's smart meter portal gives you data, but try building a cost-saving plan out of it.
And when power quality goes wrong, whether that's a surge, a sag, or a lost phase, the damage shows up months later as a motor that wore out early, and no one ever ties it back to the power.
Energy is one of your top operating expenses, and you'd rather not have to think about it. Both systems are built so energy doesn't become one more thing you have to manage.
02 / which system
Two systems, two different questions.
VEM finds the power you're paying for and don't need, then shows you how to buy the power you do need at a lower cost on your specific rate.
Energy waste found and priced in dollars
Your rate's billing rules laid over your real usage
Goals, training, and our team to help you hit them
See how VEM lowers cost →
Power Guard watches the quality of your incoming power around the clock, warns you when conditions threaten your equipment, and keeps the timestamped record you need when the utility has to answer for it.
Surges, sags, phase loss, harmonics, frequency, power factor, transformer loading
Keeps working through outages (cellular and battery-backed)
A paper trail for the utility and your insurer
See how Power Guard protects equipment →03 / side by side
On a VEM installation, the Power Guard dashboards run on the same hardware. Power Guard can also be installed on its own.
| Virtual Energy Manager | Power Guard | |
|---|---|---|
| The question | Where is our energy money going? | What is the utility sending us? |
| What it watches | How much power you use, when, and how your rate bills it | The quality and reliability of the power coming in |
| What you do with it | Get rid of waste, control demand, lower your cost per kilowatt hour | Act before damage, document every event, escalate to the utility |
| Who uses it | Plant and operations managers, finance, sustainability | Maintenance, operations, plant leadership |
| Where it installs | Between the utility supply and your main distribution panel | Between the transformer and your main distribution panel |
04 / how built
Our hardware installs on the equipment you own. Nothing the utility owns gets touched.
We capture as far upstream as we can, at your main distribution panels, so you get the most useful data from the smallest install. Submetering comes later, and only if what we see upstream justifies it.
We recreate the exact load profile running through your utility meter, so every number we show you ties back to what you're billed.
Data refreshes every couple of seconds, not the next day and not at the end of the month.
We've broken each NIPSCO, I&M, Duke, and AES rate book down into the software, so we run your usage through the same billing process the utility uses.
Our team supports you on Teams calls and on site.
05 / management loop
A monitoring system gives you a lot of data and leaves you to figure out what to do with it. These systems run a four-part loop so you always know what to do next.
Your live data, turned into information.
Achievable targets for the numbers that drive your cost.
Revenue-grade, utility-specific, rate-based feedback on how you're doing.
What to do in your building, with your equipment, on your schedule.
Our users land anywhere between 10% and 30% savings. What makes the difference is how much of the practice they build into how they operate.
06 / proof
Off-shift usage cut in half
Before: 47% of usage happened off-shift
After: cut in half in about 12 months, and held or improved for a couple of years since
Lifetime savings: over $600,000
About 40 buildings on one campus · VEM customer for multiple years
Across the 180 load profiles we studied, there's an 80% chance any given one has 25% or more energy waste.
One injection molder in Elkhart was running 50 kW around the clock every weekend. That was only 3% of its usage, but it cost almost $17,000 a year.
07 / getting started
We text a link to your maintenance lead. It walks them to your transformer and main panel for a few numbers and photos.
Your electrical layout tells us exactly what hardware you need. You get the costs and the business case in writing.
A TEG-certified technician does the install.
We build your dashboards, match your data to your utility bill, and set your baseline.
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Get the Blueprint09 / faq
No. VEM answers the cost question and Power Guard answers the power quality question. When both run together, they share the same hardware.
A TEG-certified technician, working from a design built on your facility's own survey.
No. Everything we install sits on the side of the meter you own.
NIPSCO, Indiana Michigan Power, Duke, and AES Indiana. Each of those rate books is built into our software.
Every system is designed to your facility, so pricing comes after the survey. There are two one-time costs, hardware and setup, and one ongoing service fee that's a small percentage of your annual electric spend.
10 / closing
The Energy Decision Blueprint is a free, written second opinion for Indiana operators spending five figures or more a month on electricity. One short call, your bills, and we do the rest.
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