Jason Taken is the owner of Jaken Energy, a commercial energy brokerage that helps hotels and other commercial properties buy electricity and natural gas in competitive markets. He works with hotel owners, management companies, and operators to read utility bills, interpret interval and usage data, run competitive supplier bidding, compare contract structures, and time renewals so properties are not rolled onto holdover rates.
He has a legal background that informs his contract-first, read-the-fine-print approach to supplier agreements — material change clauses, bandwidth terms, pass-through provisions, and early-termination language. Through Hotel Energy Broker, he explains the purchasing decisions and operational questions behind a property’s energy bill, with particular attention to what an agreement includes, what it excludes, and which risks remain with the hotel.
jason@jakenenergy.com