METI Mid-to-Long Term Market & Retail Supply Obligations Initiatives Survey Results Released Tokyo, Japan, January 20, 2026 For Immediate Release Skipping Stone released today the results of the energy industry survey on both METI initiatives. A wide variety of market participants participated including Utility and Non Utility Retailers, Trading Firms, Generators, Finance Related Companies, […]
Two Leading Firms Join Forces to Bring AI, Market Expertise, and Data Driven Decision Support to Fragmented US Energy Landscape Houston, Texas – October 16, 2025 – Skipping Stone, a global energy markets consulting and implementation services firm, and Full Stack Energy, specializing in design and delivery of client-owned energy software and hardware IP to […]
Houston – September 23, 2025 – Skipping Stone, a global energy markets strategy consulting and implementation services firm, announces that Eric Alam has rejoined the firm he helped build years ago. Since his first stint at Skipping Stone Eric has held executive positions with World Energy (a green exchange) and Viridity (Demand Response), as well […]
The Evolution of Japan’s Liberalized Electricity Market Tokyo, Japan, March 20, 2025. Skipping Stone has announced the publication of a complimentary white paper, Retail 3.0, written by Chairman & CEO Peter Weigand. The paper discusses the evolution of Japan’s electricity markets since the original liberalization in the period from 2000 through 2024. The paper goes […]
Los Angeles – March 4, 2025 – Skipping Stone’s latest white paper, “Acquiring Books of Customers vs. Improving Customer Retention,” addresses the Retail Energy Providers’ (REP) costly cycle of customer churn, i.e., losing customers, buying them back, and repeating the process. Skipping Stone CEO Peter Weigand — a former U.S. energy retailer CEO and global energy […]
Boston – May 22, 2024 – Skipping Stone President, Greg Lander, and CEO, Peter Weigand have collaborated to develop a comprehensive set of solutions to finally solve the elusive gas and electric market synchronization issues. This paper is a follow-on to the original paper published in 2013 that resulted in several operational changes to address […]
Los Angeles – January 25, 2024 – Skipping Stone has been named International Energy Consultancy of the Year 2023 by Acquisition International publications. According to AI, Skipping Stone was awarded for “exceling at collaborating with clients to curate new ideas, tactics, and strategies, and once a strategy is clearly defined, the team provides a host […]
Los Angeles – February 1, 2024 – Skipping Stone surveyed energy executives across the globe to get their views on a variety of energy transformation topics to gauge trends for 2024 and beyond. Survey results compare views from the U.S., Japan, and other global leaders. On many topics, energy leaders’ views diverge significantly from government […]
Announces New Client Promotion Tokyo, Japan April 5, 2023. TESLA Asia Pacific is delighted to announce its new office in Tokyo as well as a partnership with Skipping Stone. TESLA specializes in delivering power and gas demand forecasting and has been providing accurate forecasts to over 200 utility companies in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East […]
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. […]