Through many years of working with Michael, in his capacity as a utility manager, engineer and consultant, I have found him to be a thorough, thoughtful, informed and dedicated subject matter expert and advocate. His insight and expertise are valuable assets.

Michael Watson led our integration teams to a create a joint venture involving three different companies. To achieve alignment between the two parent companies and three different employee groups required a high degree of diligence, patience and leadership, which are talents Michael has and uses effectively. Early on in the engagement Michael asked us to define what success or failure would look like for this project. That one simple tool served as a reminder during the process as Michael led us through the tough decisions and challenges involved in blending the three companies into one. I do not believe we would have achieved a successful go live without Michael’s involvement. I engaged Michael to perform a new energy analysis project specifically for Tennessee Farmers Cooperative. I highly recommend WPS services.

BCUD invested in energy efficiency measures including changes to lighting and other systems to lower costs, now they were looking for other ways to lower their energy bill. We were frustrated because the bill and rate are difficult to interpret, WPS helped us understand both. The key to success was having Watson Performance Solutions make specific recommendations on operations to lower the peak demand charge. The feedback from the Board of Commissioners has been positive. They are concerned about costs throughout the system and see this as an area of recuring costs and are pleased to see ongoing savings.