Energy Budgets at Risk (EBaR): A Risk Management Approach to Energy Purchase and Efficiency Choices (Wiley Finance)

Energy Budgets at Risk (EBar) ® provides everyone from facility energy managers and financial managers to government policy-makers and electric utilities program planners with the background information required to understand energy cost, price, efficiency, and related issues important in developing a balanced approach to facility energy risk management. Throughout the book, respected energy economist Dr. Jerry Jackson clearly shows how to reduce energy costs and increase cash flows by using risk management concepts developed in the financial industry. "Uncertainty over energy prices, equipment performance, weather, and other factors make it exceedingly difficult for many commercial, institutional, industrial, and government organizations to assess the costs and benefits of energy-efficiency investments - creating severe energy budgeting and planning problems, which become even more difficult in areas with competitive energy markets, In Energy Budgets at Risk (EBaR), respected energy economist Dr. Jerry Jackson explains why high energy prices and market volatility can be expected to continue, and shows how to reduce energy costs and increase cash flows using risk management concepts developed in the financial industry." "Energy Budgets at Risk (EBaR) provides everyone from facility energy managers and financial managers to government policy-makers and electric utilities program planners with the background information required to understand energy cost, price, efficiency, and related issues important in developing a balanced approach to facility energy risk management."--Jacket