Elaine Levin is President of Powerhouse. Powerhouse works with clients to protect profit margins and grow their business. Powerhouse designs and implements hedging strategies. The company focuses on price risk management using energy futures and related financial instruments. Powerhouse also provides education, mark-to-market software, and consulting services.
Powerhouse clients represent all sectors of the energy supply chain from producers and refiners to downstream distributors and retailers. Customers include fuel distributors offering fixed and capped prices, wholesalers seeking to protect the value of inventory, and energy users who worry the latest headline will affect their fuel bill. Powerhouse also works with natural gas marketers and electric utilities. Most recently, Powerhouse has been helping clients mange the price risk of renewable fuels and environmental credits. Weather hedging is also available.
Elaine has over 30 years of experience in working worth with energy producers, refiners, marketers, and consumers executing hedging strategies. Prior to Powerhouse, Elaine was Vice President, Futures Specialist at Morgan Stanley.
She has taught the principles of price risk management to hundreds of senior energy industry executives. Elaine was the principal instructor for the highly regarded OPIS Fuel Hedging University for over 14 years. She is the instructor of Powerhouse’s Practical Hedging Course. Elaine has addressed many energy associations on risk management. Organizations like SIGMA, NEFI, and NACS have hosted presentations by Elaine.
Elaine is Past President of the National Capital Area Chapter of the U.S. Association for Energy Economics. NCAC-USAEE is a non-profit organization of over 400 energy professionals in theWashington metropolitan area. The association provides a forum that fosters the exchange of ideas and promotes an improved understanding of energy economics and energy-related issues.
Elaine graduated from Marymount University in Virginia summa cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a concentration in finance.