Electricity Purchasing Handbook

This nontechnical handbook provides you with the vital information needed to understand the potential opportunities and pitfalls that may increase or reduce electricity costs as the power industry moves to open competition. To accurately assess electricity costs, you must have a basic understanding of how electricity flows from where it originates to where it is used, and how costs are accumulated in the process. Studebaker walks you step-by-step through the available options. You must arm yourself with the right information to take advantage of the opportunities in this rapidly changing industry. You will learn how to: Develop a strategy for reducing electricity costs Understand how electric utilities are regulated Anticipate the evolution of retail wheeling Analyze electricity utility billings Determine if cogeneration is a viable option. Electricity Purchasing Handbook will be valuable to all who need to know the best and least costly methods of obtaining electricity based upon their usage characteristics.