Who We Are.
We are industry-leading energy advisors with a well-established reputation for facilitating high-integrity, fully transparent transactions.
By taking a detailed view of your energy expenses through an analytical lens, we not only work to reduce overall spend and improve energy performance, we protect you from being taken advantage of by service providers – it’s what sets us apart.
Our Energy Management Plan allows us to craft custom solutions that are tailored to our clients’ specific needs and goals.
Why We Do It.
Simple. It’s the right thing to do.
Throughout our time working in the energy and utility industry, we saw service providers abusing the knowledge gap and using customer data to their advantage. Our business model is designed to turn the tables and protect our clients, while also helping to reduce overall energy spending.
Contact us today to save on your energy services.
Our Team.
We invite you to test our assertion that USI’s team “walks the walk” with the ideal combination of skills and experience to capably represent your best interests while pursuing multiple paths to bring your energy costs down. Our team provides peace of mind with the assurance that everything has been done to manage a significant expense, creating a high level of confidence and trust in the process.
Key Team Members
SCOTT FLORY
President
GARRY BOURNS
Managing Partner
MIKE ROBINSON
Senior Energy Advisor
TERRY DORWARD
CFA, Director, Energy Analytics & Advisory Services
LOGAN BOURNS
Manager, Energy Procurement and Analytics
IRIS VERO
Market Research Analyst
LINDSEY TOURAND
Director, Engineering and Energy Management Services
What People Are Saying About Us.
SCOTT FLORY
His 30 years in commercial real estate and corporate sales and marketing have given him the tools to build a strong team and create tangible value for commercial and industrial energy consumers. Scott pioneered the energy broker business model in western Canada, and led USI’s growth into various market segments, representing numerous commercial real estate management firms, condominium corporations and industrial clients. He has established a solid and trusted reputation with all key energy retailers, ensuring that USI can always bring the most options to his clients.
Scott continues to set a high standard for the industry by expanding the firm’s scope of value-added services to include advanced analytics and advisory services, energy management planning and demand reduction strategies.
MIKE ROBINSON
His analytical approach provides our clients with a high-level view of the current market and pricing dynamics and helps them understand the comparative advantages and disadvantages of the available pricing options and strategies.
With the support of our analytics group, he will ensure you are making intelligent, informed decisions on your energy requirements.
IRIS VERO
Iris gives our company capabilities only found in large corporations and is a great example of how USI uses technology to the benefit of our customers.
TERRY DORWARD
A true analyst, his strong dexterity with numbers and ability to synthesize information from complex data sets allows our clients to make well-informed key financial decisions. He provides some of the highest quality and detailed energy cost projections available and has performed some of the highest-level custom energy analysis and investment evaluations, allowing our clients to accurately assess significant energy retrofits.
Terry has performed various professional analytical and operational roles in natural gas trading, energy commodity operations, and strategic planning for several leading energy corporations. Terry has conducted institutional equity and energy commodity research within several global and boutique Canadian equity research firms.
LOGAN BOURNS
Logan has tendered a plentitude of natural gas and electricity contracts, analyzing a variety of product offerings from each energy provider, and ensuring accuracy along the way. He deals with energy suppliers daily, working his way through the system, performing the gritty, detailed, behind the scenes work that needs to happen to produce top-notch comparative analysis.
His role has expanded to managing large portfolio clients, energy budget forecasting, bill analysis and front-line client management.
LINDSEY TOURAND
Reducing your carbon footprint is his mission, and he is indeed passionate about sustainability. His commitment to the environment and work experience ensure that USI remains a leading energy services company that will help you spend less by consuming less as well.
Lindsey tends to challenge the status quo and isn’t hesitant to explore unique and creative solutions that better serve our clients. He holds many professional affiliations and certifications, including Certified Energy Manager and an EGBC membership.
GARRY BOURNS
Joining the team in 2017, he has a diverse entrepreneurial background and 30 years of combined experience in technology, operations, and international business development. He has also founded and launched several tech businesses that have ascended to become technology pioneers.
Garry’s current objective is to expand USI into the manufacturing and heavy industrial sector and expand the range of services offered.