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Energy Rate Hikes and Procurement with Dispatch Energy’s Richard Dovere

April 28, 2025
Commercial real estate owners are experiencing a moment of truth with energy procurement. Energy rate hikes are in the double digits in some areas. Learn what’s causing this—and what we can do about the problem.
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Key Takeaways

After listening to this podcast, you’ll learn:

  • Why energy rates are climbing across the U.S.
  • What commercial real estate owners can do to mitigate energy cost increases, including alternatives to large-scale energy projects
  • What a smaller-scale distributed energy solution looks like
  • The benefits of local distributed energy facilities

 

Distributed energy allows building owners and managers to take control of their own energy futures and mitigate the impacts of rate increases. Richard Dovere, founder and CEO of Dispatch Energy, joins the Buildings Podcast to walk us through the benefits of distributed energy facilities and what smaller-scale solutions look like.

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About Our Guest:

Richard Dovere is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Dispatch Energy. Previously, Rich served as Chief Investment Officer of EDPR NA DG, where Rich led capital investment and overall market strategy for the platform’s $500M+ portfolio of operating and development assets. He has over a decade of experience developing, structuring and financing award-winning renewable power generation project financings in the United States and Europe. Before EDPR NA DG, he co-founded and co-led C2, which operated more than $300M of power generation facilities throughout the United States, from dining room table to start-up to the successful sale of a majority stake to EDPR North America in Q1 2021. Recognized for his thought leadership and subject matter expertise, Rich actively participates in conferences and was recently featured in We Took the Risk, a book on original risk-takers in the renewable energy industry. Rich holds a BA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison.

About the Author

Janelle Penny | Editor-in-Chief at BUILDINGS

Janelle Penny has been with BUILDINGS since 2010. She is a two-time FOLIO: Eddie award winner who aims to deliver practical, actionable content for building owners and facilities professionals.

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