Irving, TX - November 12, 2019

Innovative digital business leader and energy executive Joseph Franz has joined the Irving, Texas-based energy advisory firm 5.Franz will manage 5’s digital marketing strategies with a specific focus on growing 5’s small commercial business line.

“Joe is an industry expert with few equals when it comes to digital marketing in the deregulated energy space,” said CEO Brian Hayduk. “His expertise in building high-yield digital platforms will be invaluable in expanding our value proposition to a class of customers currently under served in the marketplace, small and medium-sized businesses.”

Irving, TX - November 12, 2019

For the fifth consecutive year, energy advisory firm 5 was named as one of the Best Companies to Work for in Texas. The award was created in 2006 and is a project of Texas Monthly, the Texas Association of Business (TAB), Texas SHRM and Best Companies Group.

Irving, TX - October 28, 2019

For the third consecutive year, Texas A&M University named energy advisory firm 5 to its annual list of the 100 fastest-growing companies that are owned or led by former students. 5 was ranked #80 on the 2019 Aggie 100, which recognizes the top Aggie-owned companies in the world with the highest compound annual revenue growth from 2016 to 2018.

Irving, TX - October 25, 2019

Energy innovator and advisory firm 5 was recently recognized as one of the fastest-growing entrepreneurial companies in the Dallas area, according to the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business’ Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. A first-time honoree, 5 was among the 100 fastest-growing, privately held businesses that made the Institute’s annual Dallas 100™ list.

Irving, TX - October 9, 2019

For the third consecutive year, energy advisory firm 5 was selected by Entrepreneur magazine for its 5^th annual Entrepreneur 360™ list.

Allenhurst, NJ - September 25, 2019

Catherine Luthin, President of Luthin Associates, has been recognized as a 2019 Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) Fellow alongside ten other AEE members. Luthin shares this honor with Fotouh A. Al-Ragom from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research, as one of only two women to be inducted as AEE Fellows.

Sugar Land, TX -  September 10, 2019

Fort Bend Independent School District (FBISD) has powered its way to significant energy cost reductions and a cleaner energy future by executing a new 100% renewable electricity agreement, facilitated through a new partnership with energy advisory firm 5.

Irving, TX - August 14, 2019

Inc. Magazine has named Irving-based energy advisory firm 5 to its Inc. 5000 list for the fourth year in a row. This prestigious list recognizes the fastest-growing private companies in the United States, ranked according to percentage revenue growth over the three prior years from 2015 to 2018.

Irving, TX - August 14, 2019

Inc. Magazine has named Irving-based energy advisory firm 5 to its Inc. 5000 list for the fourth year in a row. This prestigious list recognizes the fastest-growing private companies in the United States, ranked according to percentage revenue growth over the three prior years from 2015 to 2018.

Irving, TX - June 27, 2019

Responding to the growth of the Luthin Associates brand and meeting the complex needs of clients throughout the New York Tri-state area, 5 has expanded its staff with the addition of Guy Brooks and Jessica Zazzera. Both Brooks and Zazzera will join Luthin Associates, a 5 company, as Account Managers.