WoodRiver Energy Project Showcase

Kansas school districts saved more than $18 million on natural gas since October 2021 while avoiding storm-driven price shocks. WoodRiver Energy provided a fixed-price, complete-requirements structure for participating districts. • The program covered 100% of usage and compared savings against each district’s local utility price. • Districts weathered four major storms without price exposure, including Winter Storm Fern, when Kansas prices reached $40.46 per dekatherm from a typical $3–$4.

Four years after being selected as the natural gas supplier for the APS Natural Gas Program, WoodRiver Energy and APS are celebrating a significant milestone: participating hospitals have saved more than $6.6 million on natural gas commodity costs compared to purchasing gas directly from their local utility since the partnership began in April 2022.

ince fiscal year 2020, Iowa school districts participating in the Local Government Risk Pool (LGRP) for natural gas have collectively freed nearly $90 million in general fund dollars. Those dollars have supported educator salaries, classroom resources, and student programs across the state. What began as a pilot program with 27 districts in FY 2019–20 has since grown into a statewide initiative with 190 districts contracted for FY 2026–27. The program’s growth reflects the value Iowa school leaders see in a risk management solution designed specifically for their needs.

After an extensive trip through Great Britain in 1971, founders Dean and Dale Peterson realized there was one thing that Denver was missing, an old-fashioned English pub. They put aside their careers and got started on what would be a replica of the Bull and Bush pub on Hamstead Heath, London. Soon thereafter, it became a well-known Denver watering hole where “all are welcome.”...