Southport Energy Provides Value to Their Clients

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Todd Esse is a co-founder of Southport Energy Partners in Southport, Connecticut. Since 2008, Todd Esse has been the head of business development for the company, and his responsibilities include sourcing and creating investment opportunities up and down the energy value chain.

Building businesses and developing lasting partnerships with individuals and companies with like-minded goals is Southport Energy Partners’ strategy for generating growth and identifying value. The firm develops and implements business opportunities in the energy sector, including those in coal, oil, natural gas, and electric power, to deliver tangible value to its clients.

Southport Energy Partners successfully managed the energy procurement and risk management process necessary to implement a 15-state products pipeline. It took less than three months for Southport to provide the customer with a structured solution for energy procurement, which has so far saved the client $800,000 on energy supplies. Before the project is over, Southport expects to save the client over $2 million.

Fairfield Youth Lacrosse’s Mission and Grievance Policy

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As founder and managing member of Southport Energy Partners, LLC, Todd Esse manages and invests in energy assets. Residing in Southport, Connecticut, Todd Esse is also the co-founder of Fairfield Youth Lacrosse (FYL), a local organization that helps children gain access to the sport in the town of Fairfield, Connecticut.

Dedicated to help instill teamwork, skill development, and respect in the game of lacrosse, FYL is a nonprofit that relies on parent volunteers to run its programs. Offering summer camps and programs to boys and girls in grades 1-8, FYL is focused on setting a good example of friendly competition and sportsmanship that young players can imitate throughout the rest of their lives.

FYL also holds a 14-point grievance policy in which all participants, coaches, parents, referees, et cetera are expected to follow the FYL Association’s Code of Conduct. Although most grievances are resolved directly following the spirit of the Code, the FYL Board has also created a formal Grievance Procedure.

EPA’s CHP Partnership

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Senior energy executive Todd Esse is founder and managing member of Pearl Street Energy LP, headquartered in Southport, Connecticut. The firm provides full-service turnkey economical energy solutions with specialization in Combined Heat and Power (CHP) or cogeneration. Todd Esse’s company is an official partner of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Partnership.

The EPA’s CHP Partnership involves the agency’s CHP team collaborating with stakeholders to reduce the water usage and air pollution inherent in electric power generation through increased usage of CHP. The EPA aims to remove policy barriers and encourage the establishment of new projects in the country by advocating the many benefits of cogeneration. The agency provides information, tools, and other materials to the various stakeholders including the CHP industry, clean air officials, and energy users.

CHP or cogeneration is when power and thermal heat are simultaneously generated. The common system consists of an electric generator that is driven by a combustion turbine, steam turbine or an engine. Waste heat is recouped from the exhaust gas and/or engine using a heat exchanger. The recovered heat can be productively used as thermal energy.

The traditional setup involves a separate power plant to generate electricity and a separate boiler to produce heat. This setup is less efficient and more polluting than CHP.

What Is Liquefied Natural Gas?

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An experienced energy executive, Todd Esse has led Southport Energy Partners, LLC, for the last eight years. Throughout his career, Todd Esse has been a prominent figure in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.

LNG is a variation on normal natural gas that maintains a temperature of negative 260 degrees Fahrenheit when held at an atmospheric pressure of 14.7 pounds per square inch. These conditions alter the state of the gas and turn it into a liquid. Once converted, the LNG will then have a volume that is 600 times less than that of regular natural gas, making it even thinner than water.

This liquefied form of natural gas makes it much easier for energy companies to transport it across countries or even internationally. Unlike other substances, LNG does not create high levels of pressure and therefore does not run the risk of exploding, which ensures safety throughout transport. After shipment, the liquefied gas can then return to its previous state for use in both homes and commercial spaces. Another increasingly common use for LNG is fuel for large-scale machinery.

Using Bees to Augment One’s Garden

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The founder of a privately held company called Southport Energy, LLC, Todd Esse invests in and manages a wide variety of assets in the industry. Earning a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern University (located in Texas) with a focus in business, Todd Esse has grown to be a recognized figure in the development of the traded natural gas market. In his free time, Esse enjoys gardening and beekeeping.

Bees play an important part in our ecosystem’s vitality. Pollinating over 90 fruits and vegetables, keeping bees is a natural way to augment one’s garden as well as provide a surplus of honey. However, bees require certain environments to support their delicate lifestyles, like warm climates and plenty of flowers to forage.

Boxes of bees and a queen are usually sold by the pound in the spring, before the flowers start blooming. Bees do not travel farther than two miles to forage for food and prefer blackberries, citrus, almonds, and clover.

Southwestern – A Leader, and the First University in Texas

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Energy executive Todd Esse is cofounder and head of business development at Southport Energy Partners, LLC. Todd Esse earned his bachelor of arts degree from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas.

Founded by Methodist missionaries, Southwestern University was the first institution of higher education in Texas, with the Republic of Texas granting the institution its charter in 1840. The four-year independent liberal arts college boasts of having founded the first student literary journal in Texas, and the first homecoming on record. In 1922 the country’s first chapter of the Alpha Chi Honor Society, which had its origins in a scholarship society, was also established at Southwestern.

Located in Central Texas on 701 acres of land, the university’s average class size is 15, with a 12:1 student to faculty ratio and an enrollment of around 1,500 students. Ninety-nine percent of Southwestern’s tenured-track or tenured faculty possess either doctorates or the highest degree in their chosen fields. Students are civically engaged with community volunteerism at more than twice the national average. Within 10 months of graduation, 91 percent of students are employed or accepted to graduate or professional schools.

The school has been ranked by Washington Monthly as the top liberal arts college in Texas and among the top 50 in the country in 2015; among the 2015 USA Today Top 10 Colleges in Texas; a Best Value College by Kiplinger’s in 2016; a 2016 Veteran Friend school; and top 100 National Liberal Arts Colleges in 2016 by US News & World Report.

Trends in US Natural Gas Production

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Todd Esse is the founder and managing member of Connecticut’s Southport Energy LLC. Deeply involved in the energy industry for many years, Todd Esse also co-founded Sasco Energy Partners, LLC, a hedge fund focused on natural gas, and served as partner there.

By 2018, the United States will be a net exporter of natural gas as domestic production is projected to exceed consumption. This will mark the first such occurrence since the 1950s.

The strong growth in dry natural gas is mostly attributed to the growing development of tight oil and shale gas. Tight oil plays and shale gas now make up close to half of US dry natural gas production and, according to the Annual Energy Outlook of 2016, that percentage is expected to grow to 69 percent by 2040. Natural gas reserves in carbonate formations and tight sandstones have also contributed to the growth in production of natural gas, although to a lesser extent.

The increase in production of natural gas will have a positive impact on gas prices in the US as well as on the larger economy. High demand from international markets will prompt increased investment in drilling technology, boosting production. This shift will stabilize natural gas production, leading to relatively static gas prices. For the US economy, besides creating jobs and increasing tax income, the natural gas industry adds billions to the national GDP. In 2010, shale gas alone contributed $76 billion to the GDP, a figure that is expected to grow to $231 billion by 2035.

Cogeneration Explained

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Senior energy executive Todd Esse has more than 20 years of experience in the merchant energy sector. Todd Esse is the co-founder and managing member of privately held Pearl Street Energy, LP, a firm specializing in providing clients with cogeneration (CHP) solutions.

Cogeneration or Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is when electricity and heat are produced at the same time and the heat is utilized rather than being released into the atmosphere as is usually the case. In traditional electricity and heating set-ups one plant is built solely to produce electricity and another plant, such as a boiler plant, is built solely to produce heat which is used to heat a large building or complex of buildings.

In cogeneration the heat generated in producing electricity can be used to heat water which can then be piped to heat homes or buildings. Capturing and utilizing this heat can produce energy savings from 15 percent to 40 percent. A cogeneration plant can attain 90 percent efficiency.

Since a cogeneration plant is usually built close to the end user, its advantages include a more secure local supply of energy and an energy plant that is designed to meet local needs with less transmission loss. With a single plant there are also lower emissions (particularly CO2 ) released into the environment.

The Procedure for Risk Management in Investing

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The founder of Southport Energy Partners LLC, Todd Esse steers the company’s investments in energy assets. Having previously served as managing director of Sempra Energy Trading Europe, Todd Esse is a seasoned veteran of portfolio risk management in the energy sector.

Risk management is a necessary part of good investing. It involves identifying, analyzing, and accepting or mitigating risks related to investments. Throughout the process, investors and fund managers undertake to analyze the potential for losses associated with certain investment channels, then take appropriate action, given their tolerance for risk and investment goals.

Proper risk management protocols take place through a number of steps:

1) Identify risks. The investors identify the risks they are exposed to such as delayed supply of products and services or failure to exploit a commercial opportunity.

2) Rate risks. Investors decide which risks qualify as extreme, high, medium, or low.

3) Identify controls. Controls are the policies meant to prevent risks from materializing or to reduce their impact on an investor’s portfolio. In this step, investors match controls with appropriate risks, adding controls for high and extreme rated risks.

4) Make informed decisions. If certain risks cannot be mitigated even with additional controls, investors choose whether to continue with them or let them go.

5) Monitor and review. Periodically monitor risk levels and review controls to ensure continued efficacy.

Beekeeping for Beginners

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Todd Esse is a leader in the merchant energy business with over 20 years of experience. He is a co-founder of Southport Energy Partners, LLC, in Southport, Connecticut. Head of business development with the company, Todd Esse uses strategic thinking and financial acumen to source and create investment opportunities throughout the energy value chain. He enjoys hobby farming in his spare time, and keeps bees on his property.

Beekeeping is a rewarding hobby that takes a smaller investment of time, energy, and money than taking care of other food-producing animals. Honey produced varies depending on the climate in which you are raising your bees. More honey is produced in warm climates and less in cold, though some strong colonies have been known to produce up to 200 pounds per year.

To get started, you will need some essential gear. A hive is necessary, of course. A long hive tool that can be used for prying frames, scraping and cutting propolis, and detaching combs comes in handy. Smokers are used to subdue temperamental bees, and a bee brush will help you gently move the bees when needed. You will need protective equipment, especially when just starting out; look for a hat with a veil, gloves, and a jacket. Honey bees are very docile, but stings will unavoidably happen from time to time.