Market Survey of the Energy Industry 2000/2001

In the most comprehensive survey of the energy and restructures utility marketplace, 756 members of the Association of Energy Engineers responded to questions about their vision of the future of this industry. This reference provides the strategic directions organizations need to take to stay competitive in the new millennium. A comprehensive section of the survey deals with energy procurement and includes details on customer satisfaction with existing suppliers, criteria for changing suppliers, who is responsible within the organization for making the final decision on energy purchases, services that utilities and energy service companies need to provide, and the results of downsizing on customers. The survey also addresses energy-efficient equipment and details how much potential still exists for installing new equipment, future energy equipment procurement plans, which technologies offer the best potential, and issues which will have the biggest impact on the energy profession by the year 2001. The survey contains details according to respondent categories which includes utility and energy suppliers, energy users, ESCOs, equipment suppliers and consultants. Detail survey breakdown illustrates how each respondent category answered each question. Energy Industry 2001/2001 is the most important planning tool for every library and provides indispensable information on market trends shaping the energy industry.Thumann, Albert is the author of 'Market Survey of the Energy Industry 2000/2001', published 2000 under ISBN 9780130197337 and ISBN 0130197335.