Refers management of an energy portfolio consisting of available energy supplies and any efficiency or demand-reduction services that affect actual market demand. Occasionally refers to a fuels portfolio or a portfolio that includes fuels.

Portfolio management is any activity related to arranging, scheduling and administration of these resources and services, and most commonly refers to resource management specifically aimed at reducing risks such as shortage of energy supplies, extremes in prices, labor difficulties or unforeseen problems with transmission.

As deregulation continues to change the nature of the energy industry, it is expected that portfolio manager will become a standard position in POOLCOs, and these individuals will play a role on behalf of POOLCO customers similar to the role that portfolio managers play in the financial services industry.

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