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- Tally Group Expands Global Footprint with Acquisition of Skipping Stone March 5, 2026
- METI Proposal Survey Results February 4, 2026
- Skipping Stone & Full Stack Energy Partnership Brings Innovation to US Energy Market October 29, 2025
- Eric Alam Rejoins Skipping Stone September 19, 2025
- Retail 3.0 Whitepaper March 20, 2025
- New White Paper Challenges Retail Energy’s Customer Tug-of-War Methodology March 5, 2025
- Skipping Stone Releases Win-Win Solution White Paper to Finally Solve Gas & Electric Market Synchronization May 22, 2024
- Skipping Stone Wins International Energy Consultancy of the Year 2023 Award February 14, 2024
- Skipping Stone Releases 2024 Energy Transformation Trends Global Market Survey Results February 1, 2024
- TESLA Asia Pacific Opens Tokyo Office and Partners with Skipping Stone April 10, 2023
- Takashi Saka Joins Skipping Stone Japan as Senior Consultant November 7, 2022
- Hiroshi Okuyama promoted to President of Skipping Stone Japan October 20, 2022
- Skipping Stone Receives Energy Consulting Award Two Years in a Row August 13, 2021
- Covid-19 one year later – energy market impact study released June 4, 2021
- Capacity Center Releases 2020 Pipeline Capacity Market Year in Review Report April 21, 2021
- Skipping Stone Adds Hiroshi Okuyama as New Executive Vice President in Japan October 12, 2020
- Skipping Stone Receives Energy Consulting Award July 9, 2020
- Skipping Stone Releases Energy Industry Coronavirus Impact Study Results April 8, 2020
- Capacity Center Releases 2019 Top 20 Pipeline Capacity Traders Report February 26, 2020
- Microgrid Innovations in Large Scale Implementation of EV Charging February 19, 2020
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Takashi Saka Joins Skipping Stone Japan as Senior Consultant
Tokyo, Japan – November 8, 2022 – Skipping Stone, a global energy markets strategy consulting and implementation services firm, announced today that Takashi Saka has joined the firm as Senior Consultant, Skipping Stone Japan. Saka will be responsible for leading the company’s Japan risk management services, trading, and wholesale client engagements for ETRM technologies initiatives. […]
Hiroshi Okuyama promoted to President of Skipping Stone Japan
Tokyo, Japan – November 1, 2022 – Skipping Stone, a global energy markets strategy consulting and implementation services firm, today announced the promotion of Hiroshi Okuyama as President of Skipping Stone Japan. Prior to the promotion, Okuyama was the Executive Vice President leading the company’s risk management services and wholesale markets practice areas where he […]
Skipping Stone Receives Energy Consulting Award Two Years in a Row
Los Angeles, CA – August 6, 2021 –Skipping Stone has been recognized as the Best Specialist Energy Consulting Firm – USA, a Global Excellence Award, for the second year in a row by Acquisition International magazine. The magazine hand picks Global Excellence recipients each year based on the comprehensive analysis and research undertaken by the […]
Covid-19 one year later – energy market impact study released
Boston, Massachusetts – June 2, 2021 – Skipping Stone, a global energy consulting and market services firm, released today the results of their follow-up study on coronavirus impacts on energy markets. The original study conducted in March 2020, when Covid-19 was new, measured what companies planned to do in response to stay-at-home orders and other societal […]
Capacity Center Releases 2020 Pipeline Capacity Market Year in Review Report
Boston, Mass – April 12, 2021 – Capacity Center, a Skipping Stone subsidiary, released the 2020 Pipeline Capacity Market Year in Review report today. In 2020, 768 separate entities completed more than 61,000 capacity release trades on over 100 pipelines. “Notably 90% of capacity release trades are in the spot market with terms of less […]
Skipping Stone Adds Hiroshi Okuyama as New Executive Vice President in Japan
Tokyo, Japan – October 12, 2020 – Skipping Stone, a global energy markets consulting and technology services firm, has appointed Hiroshi Okuyama as Executive Vice President to lead the company’s growing risk management services and wholesale markets practice areas. He will be engaged with both Japanese and International companies in the areas of commodity trading, […]
Skipping Stone Receives Energy Consulting Award
Los Angeles, CA – July 1, 2020 – Acquisition International magazine recently named Skipping Stone Best Specialist Energy Consulting Firm 2020-USA. 2020 Global Excellence recipients are handpicked by Acquisition International (AI) magazine based on the comprehensive analysis and research undertaken by the group. According to AI, “our proven approach ensures that selection of candidates are […]
Skipping Stone Releases Energy Industry Coronavirus Impact Study Results
Boston, Massachusetts – April 9, 2020 – Skipping Stone, a global energy markets consulting and technology services firm released today the results of their coronavirus impact study of the energy industry. The study was performed in March and focused on anticipated business and operational impacts as well as electricity demand destruction. The study measured management […]
Capacity Center Releases 2019 Top 20 Pipeline Capacity Traders Report
Tenaska Ranked #1 Again at 4.8 Bcfd Traded Boston, Mass – February 25, 2020 – Skipping Stone, a global energy markets consulting and technology services firm, announced that their affiliate, Capacity Center, has released its 12th annual Top 20 Pipeline Capacity Traders Report. In addition to the Top 20 Traders, this report lists Top 20 Pipelines […]
Microgrid Innovations in Large Scale Implementation of EV Charging
February 18, 2020 – Atlanta, GA – Accommodating the coming expansion of EV charging and ensuring the evolving electric grid delivers benefits to all stakeholders is a growing concern for utilities in the U.S. To help energy providers understand this challenge, a special panel session led by Skipping Stone at the Microgrid Global Innovation Forum […]
Peter Weigand Receives Top 10 CEO Recognition from Industry Era Magazine
Los Angeles, CA – January 10, 2020 – Industry Era magazine recently named Skipping Stone CEO Peter Weigand to their top ten list of CEOs for 2019. Industry Era is a global magazine focused on, world-changing ideas, creativity, and the perspective of established leaders. The magazine endeavors to display how companies and individuals are revolutionizing […]
Skipping Stone Hosts Seminar
Decision-Making Models in Complex Energy Markets Tokyo, Japan – December 13, 2019 – Skipping Stone, a global energy markets consulting and technology services firm, hosted a seminar for more than 60 Japanese energy companies at the TOCOM meeting facilities. The topic of Decision-Making Models in Complex Energy Markets is increasingly relevant as the Japanese energy […]
Skipping Stone Partner to Lead Panel Addressing U.S. House of Representatives on Energy Storage
Atlanta, GA – October 29, 2019 – Skipping Stone Partner Ross Malme has been invited to lead a panel discussion during a lunch briefing for the United States House of Representatives on Friday November 1, in Washington, D.C. The briefing is sponsored by the Honorable Mike Doyle (PA) and organized by EDF (Environmental Defense Fund). […]
Skipping Stone and Implementary Form Strategic Alliance to Promote APAC Business Expansion
Boston, Massachusetts – October 23, 2019 – Skipping Stone, a global energy markets consulting and technology services firm, and Implementary Pte. Ltd., an Asia-Pacific (APAC) energy consulting and systems implementation firm, today announced a strategic alliance agreement to promote complementary business services to each other’s clients. With the growing globalization trend in LNG and power […]
PLMA Global Load Management Group Meets in St. Petersburg
International Distributed Energy Resource Projects to be Explored During Interactive Session of Energy Industry Practitioners St. Petersburg, Florida – September 17, 2019 – PLMA, the voice of load management practitioners in the energy utility industry, announces its Global Load Management Interest Group will gain insights from three international distributed energy resource (DER) projects during […]
Skipping Stone Presents at TOCOM Workshop
Retail, Trading, and Generator Companies’ Use of Electricity Futures Markets Tokyo, Japan – September 4, 2019 – TOCOM has invited Skipping Stone’s CEO Peter Weigand and Max Duckworth to speak at their Electricity Futures Workshops in Tokyo today. The workshops are focused on providing Japanese retailers, trading companies and generation companies an education on how […]