White Papers Collections Best Practiceby mThink on May 23, 2005 Utility bad debt is increasing year-on-year according to market research group Chartwell in its 2004 report, Credit and Collections in the Utility Industry. Chartwell estimates that more than … Read Article Electric Generation Capacity: What, Where and Whoby mThink on May 23, 2005 The principal driver of energy consumption and demand growth in the United States is increased population. The nations population is growing at a rate of approximately 1 percent … Read Article Defining Customer Valuationby mThink on May 23, 2005 Most utilities view their interactions with customers mainly monthly billing and payment as highly routine, with neither party giving a second thought to the value at … Read Article The Hydrogen Economyby mThink on May 23, 2005 The expression hydrogen economy is appearing more and more frequently in the headlines and on the bookstands. As recently as February 2005 the governor of Florida unveiled his … Read Article Goodbye AMR, Hello AMMby mThink on May 23, 2005 Not long ago, the decision to pursue an automated meter reading (AMR) project was straightforward to describe and quantify. The business case was essentially one of justifying the … Read Article On Better Business Intelligenceby mThink on May 23, 2005 Utilities are working hard to address new financial control and reporting requirements, making progress on significant cost reduction and revenue enhancement initiatives and improving the management of financial … Read Article Exploiting Broadband Over Power Linesby mThink on May 23, 2005 Broadband over power lines (BPL) and power line communications (PLC) are sets of equipment, software and management services that when overlaid on the electric grid provide users with … Read Article Q&A: Meter Reading Past and Futureby mThink on May 23, 2005 Q: In 1997, as Puget Sound Power and Light, you merged with Washington Natural Gas and became Puget Sound Energy. Was it then that automated meter reading made … Read Article Setting a Course for Growthby mThink on May 23, 2005 Within the next few years, energy and utility companies will be operating in a more disaggregated, multinational industry. The demands of this new market will drive companies to … Read Article The New New Gridby mThink on May 23, 2005 Under pressure from four distinct sources aging assets, growing peak demand, the emergence of new power generation technologies and revenue constraints from regulation and theft distribution … Read Article Re-Evaluating a Core/Noncore Electric Marketby mThink on May 23, 2005 It is difficult to discuss or propose a core/noncore market structure without discussing Californias previous retail market restructuring effort. Many academics and others have written papers pointing out … Read Article Toward Intelligent Gridsby mThink on May 23, 2005 The promise of the intelligent energy grid remains elusive; however, a steady wave of innovation in communication and information technologies, combined with advancement in emerging energy technologies, is … Read Article Prioritizing Growthby mThink on May 23, 2005 After years of cost cutting and risk management to bring companies back to the basics in response to the market anomalies, reliability issues and regulatory uncertainty of the … Read Article Transforming Communication Infrastructureby mThink on May 23, 2005 For a long time the standard point-to-point analog line to a substation was all that was needed in the grid of the past. It worked well for many … Read Article Good Energy Policy = Balanced and Diversifiedby mThink on May 23, 2005 Dear Secretary Bodman: Thank you for your outreach to democrats, former Energy secretaries and Western governors. I represent each of these categories and appreciate the fact that you … Read Article The LNG Questionby mThink on May 23, 2005 During 2000, natural gas prices in the United States took a longanticipated turn, and market watchers are now waiting (at the time of writing) for mean reversion to … Read Article Restructuring as Erosionby mThink on May 23, 2005 Throughout 2005, five anniversaries will mark mileposts in public powers pursuit to protect electricity consumers and strengthen the value of community ownership of electric utilities. The first is … Read Article Putting Performance Firstby mThink on May 23, 2005 Poor financial performance in 2001-2003 has led utilities to re-examine their management approach. Utilities that are making it out of the slump have implemented new management techniques such … Read Article« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 16 17 18 19 Next »