What End Users Should Know About Energy Performance Contracts And How to Minimize Their Risks

Authors

  • Martin A. Mozzo Jr. P.E., CEM, CLEP M and A Associates, Inc.

Abstract

There have been many books written and papers presented re-
garding risks in performance contracts, especially for Energy Perfor-
mance Contracts. This article will present some of the experiences and
thoughts that this author has had in minimizing risks in Energy Per-
formance Contracts. The slant of the article will be on how the End
User can minimize his risks, and will be presented from experiences as
an End User and as an ESCO. Risks discussed fall into the following
categories: (1) engineering, (2) implementation, (3) financial, (4) verifi-
cation, and (5) selection of an ESCO

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Author Biography

Martin A. Mozzo Jr., P.E., CEM, CLEP M and A Associates, Inc.

Martin A. Mozzo Jr. is president of M & A Associates, Inc. M & A Associates provides energy engineering and consulting services to retail, commercial and industrial end users as well as energy service companies. Prior to starting M & A Associates Inc., Mr. Mozzo worked for Energy Performance Services, Inc. and KENETECH Energy Management, Inc., both nationally prominent energy service companies. Prior to that, Mr. Mozzo worked for 17 years at American Standard Inc. in a number of positions including corporate director of energy management. Mr. Mozzo has been very active in the Association of Energy Engineers. He is currently past president of AEE, having served as president during 1999. He currently serves as chairman of two of AEE’s certification boards, the Certified Lighting Efficiency Professional (CLEP) and the Certified GeoExchange Designer Boards. He is a senior charter member of AEE, was Region I vice president (national) for two years, was executive vice president, and was a board of director member for the New Jersey chapter for several years. Mr. Mozzo was elected into the AEE Energy Managers Hall of Fame in 1995.

Mr. Mozzo holds a BS in mechanical engineering from Rutgers University, an MS in logistics management from the Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton, Ohio, and is a registered PE in the states of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. He has received certification as a CEM and CLEP from AEE. Mr. Mozzo can be contacted at 609-584-9244 or by e-mail: mmozzo@aol.com.

References

Hansen, Shirley J., Ph.D., and Weisman, Jeannie C., Performance

Contracting; Expanding Horizons; The Fairmont Press. 1998.

Hansen, Shirley J., Ph.D., Performance Contracting for Energy and

Environmental Systems. The Fairmont Press. 1992.

Thumann, Albert, PE, CEM and Wainwright, Fred, Financing En-

ergy Projects Deskbook. The Fairmont Press. 1997.

Tharoor, Mahesh, CEM, CDSM, CLEP. “Minimizing Risks With

Performance Contracting Projects—A Customer Checklist.” A pa-

per presented at the Business Energy Solutions Expo ’99, December

, Orlando, FL.

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Published

2023-09-30

How to Cite

Mozzo Jr., M. A. . (2023). What End Users Should Know About Energy Performance Contracts And How to Minimize Their Risks. Strategic Planning for Energy and the Environment, 20(1), 13–23. Retrieved from https://journals.riverpublishers.com/index.php/SPEE/article/view/20509

Issue

2000: Vol 20 Iss 1 2000-2001

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Articles