IDEAL Energy Cooperative is the first purchasing cooperative in the United States for energy retailers. IDEAL is Member-Owned by local energy distributors that exists to deliver reliable and secure heating and transportation fuels through a qualitative, independent network.

FireCat Consulting, LLC is a fuel procurement and risk management training service that specializes in teaching and empowering independent retail energy dealers, resellers, and end users how to maximize fuel margins and stabilize energy costs. We teach strategies that are easy to learn and incorporate into daily decision-making to yield high-impact, profitable results.Refined Product Specialties for Heating Oil, Diesel Fuel, Propane and Gasoline: *Making energy risk management tools understandable through patience, training, and customer partnerships. *Building internal fuel procurement capabilities.*Inventory storage risk management.*Program and short term hedging.*Target margin analysis and improvement.*Capped and Fixed Pricing Programs.*CSR (Customer Service Representative) Training.*Cash flow analysis and improvement

Responsible for daily fundamental and technical oil brief, MarketWatch, to Sprague customers. Responsible for training account managers on Sprague's proprietary refined product program offerings, and company representative and supply panelist/presenter at the New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) spring conference, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association (VFDA), Oil Heat Council of New Hampshire (OHCNH) and Maine Energy Marketers Association (MEMA).

Consult retail energy dealers and commercial end users of distillate (heating oil, jet and diesel), gasoline and propane in efficient physical procurement, financial "paper hedging", marketing and business strategies to attain most favorable and stable fuel costs in volatile markets. Manage not only price risk, but other business risks as well. Additionally, assist with marketing, training, and communicating fuel programs to internal and external customers.