Extempo allows power brokers to provide customers both with the best information for making informed decisions as well as the opportunities to offer new innovative solutions for power management. The informational components Extempo provides includes competitor intel (including competitor pricing information), historical and projected market and utility rate information, as well as up to date news and industry data. Statistically probable future utility rates (within a confidence interval) is also be included through the use of current and historical market data. Additionally Extempo gives brokers the tools to use future hedging to take advantage of market swings and forward rates by locking-in lower-than-current power prices for customers using contracts based on fluctuating market conditions. Thus, energy service companies and power brokers are able to gain and KEEP longer contracts with large and valuable enterprise clients. Similarly, the energy consumer benefits by being able to take advantage of lower prices as they are made available in the market, thus reducing overall energy costs.