Engineer/Plant Manager
We sympathize with you. You're expected to know the details about everything - no matter how complicated. And, energy management is a difficult skill to master. Although you quickly appreciate the benefits we offer you're typically put into a situation where you have more to lose than to gain.
If you initiate bringing us into your company you can "take credit" for having the initiative to get your energy use under control. Hopefully, you'll be respected for thinking about ways to improve your company. The First Energy Group has years of experience and loads of great client referrals. We're a safe bet. If we bring you opportunities to improve - you can take credit for soliciting our recommendations. If we can't find any opportunities - you can take credit for already running things well. Either way you look good by being proactive. (Management likes people who look out for their best interest.)
On the other hand if management brings us to you then you have less to gain. They get the credit for bringing us in, and may feel that you should have done more. Since you can't get the credit for bringing us in your best bet is to demonstrate that you treat energy management with the importance it deserves. Work with us so that we can jointly develop the best strategies for your company. We're happy to give you credit for your insight. We might also be a great vehicle to implement some energy management techniques you've already wanted to implement but have been unable to. When we combine our expertise with your knowledge we will be able to truly optimize the benefits of managing energy. An interesting twist is that we may be able to include some non-energy related projects, that you may want to implement, with our recommendations and get our energy savings to pay for everything!
