White Papers Markets Need Customersby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 The average electricity customer has fled from electricity restructuring, returned to the utility from competitive suppliers, and voted for politicians who kill restructuring. The experts say, “The customers … Read Article Asset Health and Wealthby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Recent events in the energy marketplace and the failure of unregulated businesses have put greater emphasis on regulated businesses. Given this backdrop, a proactive, holistic approach to asset … Read Article America''s Next Nightmare: SMDby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Reliable, low-cost electric energy makes the American economy go. It is the essential service, so necessary to modern life that its momentary absence defines a disaster. After every … Read Article Real-Time IT in Electric Marketsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Energy companies transact close to a million dollars a day for physical delivery in markets run by independent systems operators. The settlement of those transactions may not occur … Read Article California: Policy and Reformby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 In the post-Cold War era, we supposedly all understand the benefits of privatization and the deregulation of markets. They bring efficiency, innovation, and lower prices. Yet in California … Read Article Automating Maintenance Part of Seabrook''s Pursuit of Excellence: An MRO Software Case Studyby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 To say that the Seabrook nuclear power station has had a tumultuous history is an understatement. The Boston Globe called it the place where nuclear power was stopped … Read Article Electricity Reform That Worksby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 The near meltdown of the California electricity markets prompted many, both inside and outside government, to question whether deregulation can work and, if so, how. Looking at the … Read Article MAXIMO Fuels Columbia Gas Transmission''s Maintenance Activities: An MRO Software Case Studyby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Columbia Gas Transmission, an operating company of NiSource, Inc., offers a variety of competitively priced natural gas transportation and storage services built on a proven record of superior … Read Article RTO Technology Visionby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Perhaps we should not measure the role of technology in realizing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Standard Market Design by the volume of text that it is afforded … Read Article Meeting Information Demandsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Over the past year, the energy industry has experienced a tremendous increase in the type and amount of information demanded by regulators and the broader market. A plethora … Read Article The Lessons of Deregulationby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 As leaders in the utility industry, part of your job is to conjure up a full understanding of both the perils and opportunities confronting your organizations. Given the … Read Article Network Asset Maintenanceby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 In many jurisdictions, any negative customer impact is felt by the utility as a penalty payment, so network performance (system outages, voltage fluctuations) and customer management (such as … Read Article The Myth of Deregulationby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 In 1996, California passed the nation’s first and boldest electricity deregulation law. As we all know now, the state jumped off a cliff with no parachute, and the … Read Article On Performance Managementby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 As the energy industry evolves, leveraging business intelligence becomes ever more important. The well-publicized problems of major energy traders over the last year have spurred a renewed emphasis … Read Article We Need Standard Market Designby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 No doubt in the future we will look back at this time as a turning point in the history of America’s $225 billion electricity industry. The past decade’s … Read Article Yallourn Energy Powers Maintenance Efforts with MRO Software''s Strategic Asset Management Solution: An MRO Software Case Studyby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Based in the Latrobe Valley in the Australian state of Victoria, 150 kilometers east of Melbourne, Yallourn Energy operates Australia’s second largest open cut coal mine and owns … Read Article Partial Deregulation and Creditby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Deregulation or, as it should be more properly called, restructuring of U.S. power markets was supposed to induce greater efficiencies and reduce prices to consumers. Restructuring should also … Read Article Building an Enterprise GISby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Early on, utilities, with no specific cartographic expertise and lacking any standards around scale, orientation, map sheet size, symbology, or detail, created a huge investment in paper maps … Read Article« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next »