How to Negotiate with Utilities (Hardcover)

This exciting new publication teaches large retail consumers to negotiate a concessionary rate with their utility service for electric and natural gas now, and after deregulation. It includes survey resources available to the retail customer and discusses negotiation processes that one should become familiar with when confronting the electric utility and gas industries. John M. Studebaker, Ph.D., offers to readers a valuable combination of technical expertise and knowledge developed over a 30-year career of industrial consulting. Through his own company, The Studebaker Group, Inc., he has assisted many organizations, including industrial and commercial companies, hospitals, shopping malls, municipal, state, and federal agencies. As a utility consultant, Dr. Studebaker is recognized for his abilities to reduce costs. His knowledge of the utility industry, federal state regulatory matters, and the negotiation process, combined with his own hands-on experience, makes him a uniquely qualified author. He received his Ph.D. in Engineering from Columbia Pacific University. He has taught utility fundamentals at 19 leading universities, including Boston University, Cornell University, Clemson University, Georgia State University, California State University, and Michigan State University. He is a member of the American Institute of Plant Engineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, the Association of Energy Engineers, and the Doctorate Association of New York Educators. He is a certified Plant Engineer (CPE). D. Studebaker is also the author of Electricity Purchasing Handbook and Natural Gas Purchasing Handbook.