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PCI Energy Solutions partners with IGS Energy to modernize North American bid-to-bill operations. Aug. 11, 2026 Press Contacts Morgan Day NORMAN, Okla. - PCI Energy Solutions (PCI) is partnering with IGS Energy, a leading North American energy retailer, to implement an enterprise-grade Bid-to-Bill platform across its diverse market portfolio. This strategic initiative, which includes IGS Energy's subsidiary Just Energy, will further advance the company's North American energy operations. With a more unified platform, IGS Energy aims to enhance operational visibility and achieve the digital scalability required for today's volatile energy landscape. The transition will streamline workflows across multiple ISO/RTO regions. The PCI platform provides a seamless, end-to-end workflow - from market scheduling and bidding to complex shadow settlements and compliance reporting. Central to this deployment is PCI Insights(TM), a modern, AI-enabled data analytics engine that brings data from multiple sources into a single, intuitive interface. This will enable IGS Energy to leverage: * Advanced data visualization: interactive dashboards and pre-built reports that provide timely business insights * Risk mitigation: real-time data integration that supports settlement analysis and reporting * AI-driven intelligence: automated ad-hoc queries that help identify market trends more efficiently "Our transition to PCI was about equipping IGS Energy with a modern platform that better supports the full bid to bill lifecycle," said Brian Wrobel, Group Product Manager at IGS Energy. "We were looking for more than just a vendor. We wanted a partner with deep market knowledge who could bring creativity and responsiveness to complex problems. PCI stood out and consistently delivered throughout implementation, with strong user experience, reliable data access, and flexible integration capabilities." "Today's energy market participants cannot afford to slow down due to fragmented data or manual workflows," said Shailesh Mishra, Chief Commercial Officer at PCI. "Our partnership with IGS Energy demonstrates the power of an integrated, AI-driven approach to bid-to-bill operations. By centralizing market scheduling and shadow settlements within the PCI platform, we will provide IGS Energy with the real-time visibility and scalability to navigate increasingly volatile North American energy markets." About IGS Energy IGS Energy is one of North America's largest energy retailers, serving 7.5 million residential customer equivalents (RCEs) across deregulated energy markets in the U.S. and Canada. The company offers electricity, natural gas, and energy efficiency solutions, along with programs that help customers manage energy costs and reduce their environmental impact. With a focus on empowering customers, supporting communities, and driving meaningful change, IGS Energy combines expertise in risk mitigation and cost control to redefine the retail energy experience and create a more sustainable, customer-focused energy future. Learn more at igs.com. About PCI Energy Solutions Utility Dive empower energy companies to continuously optimize all aspects of energy production, trading, transportation, and consumption. Utility Dive is a tight-knit team of 300 diligent product experts, engineers, business analysts, and more, implementing software solutions in close partnership with energy companies from across the world - its customers literally keep the lights on. Utility Dive is based in Norman (Oklahoma) with offices in Mexico City (Mexico), Lima (Peru), and Sydney (Australia). Learn more at pcienergysolutions.com.

Landor creates new brand identity for SCANA Energy to drive distinctiveness and brand growth. Aug. 03, 2026 SCANA Energy has unveiled a comprehensive brand transformation created by global brand and design consultancy Landor, part of WPP, repositioning one of Georgia's leading natural gas providers around customer experience in a market where providers sell virtually identical products and competition is increasingly driven by price. The rebrand marks the next stage in SCANA Energy's evolution following its acquisition by IGS Energy and responds to changing customer expectations in Georgia's deregulated energy market. Landor's analysis including customer focus groups, brand equity analysis and distinctive asset testing revealed that while price remained the biggest driver of choice, SCANA Energy was already perceived to outperform competitors on customer service. Landor identified this as a distinctive strength the business could build on, repositioning the brand around a simple promise: providing the gas that warms your home with the service that warms your soul. The brand identity work began by identifying which existing brand assets were already driving recognition and preference, allowing investment to be directed where it would create the greatest commercial return. Analysis showed SCANA Energy's bear characters, first introduced in a campaign by VML, were the brand's strongest distinctive asset, with significantly higher recognition than any other visual element. Rather than replacing them, Landor evolved Harry, Linda and the cubs to become embodiments of SCANA Energy's new soulful promise. That translated into the creative concept 'Big Bear Energy' which extends throughout the wider design system. Rounded graphic forms, icons and illustrations echo the bears' approachable character and physical form, while a warmer colour palette inspired by Georgia, flame and the cosy feeling of home shifts the brand away from traditional utility branding towards something more human, inviting and soulful. A new verbal identity complements the visual language with a clearer, friendlier tone designed to make an opaque and complex category easier to navigate. The new identity is deliberately built around fewer, stronger assets. Rather than introducing more visual elements, Landor has focused on leveraging existing strengths to ultimately build a brand for SCANA Energy that will become more recognised. Together, these create a more coherent system that is easier to implement consistently while strengthening recognition across every customer touchpoint, allowing SCANA Energy to become more unmistakably itself. Typography is another defining element of the new system. Working with Landor's in-house type foundry, the team developed Harry Display and Harry Text, a bespoke sans serif family inspired by the bears' distinctive personality and physical form. Strong and confident in structure but softened through rounded forms and humanist detailing, the typeface balances warmth with impact, giving SCANA Energy a distinctive visual voice across advertising, digital experiences and everyday customer interactions. The identity is completed by a customised wordmark informed by the wider brand strategy, creating a stronger and more recognisable foundation. Landor's work spans brand strategy, positioning, visual identity, motion, verbal identity, digital experience, governance, implementation tools and employee brand training, creating a unified and more believable experience across every touchpoint. The Bear character and animation development was delivered in partnership with BUCK. Jen Bowden, Vice President & General Manager, SCANA Energy, said: "This transformation is about much more than a new visual identity. It redefines what we stand for as a business and the superior experience we want every customer to feel. Landor helped us identify what already made SCANA Energy distinctive and build a more compelling brand that brings those strengths to life across every interaction." Ryan Frost, Global Executive Creative Director, Landor, added: "In markets where products are increasingly interchangeable, competitive advantage comes from investing in what customers already know, trust and remember. The strongest transformations don't begin with reinvention - they begin with evidence. By identifying SCANA Energy's most distinctive existing assets, we were able to build on established brand equity rather than replace it, creating a brand that's more recognisable, more emotionally resonant and ultimately more valuable." The new SCANA Energy brand is also rolling out across advertising, digital channels, billing, customer communications and employee experiences, and a launch TV campaign led by VML. The transformation demonstrates how insight-led brand investment can create competitive advantage even in categories where products are largely indistinguishable.