White Papers 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 Portfolio Value Managementby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 To position their companies for success in the energy industry of the future, utility executives must have a clear vision of the future of the industry and the … Read Article Portfolio Approach to Cutting Costsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 The renewed and particularly intense focus on performance improvement and cost reduction in utilities is traceable to three compelling drivers of change: • Strong capital market demands • … Read Article Trends in Bill Paymentby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 One of the most significant trends within the payments market is the increasing substitution of electronic forms of payment for traditional paper-based payment forms such as cash and … Read Article The Big Shift Changeby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Let us look at one situation with two very different endings. Reliable operations, employee safety, and corporate profitability are all at stake. This is not a dinner theater … Read Article Understanding Risk Managementby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Greater recognition of the correlation among the risks in energy marketing activities, asset management and operations, and the energy regulatory environment is necessary for companies to better manage … Read Article Carbon Dioxide Strategiesby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 The Kyoto Protocol would have required the United States to commit to a 7 percent reduction in carbon emissions from the 1990 level by 2010. This paper will … Read Article Chapter 11: Life After Deathby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 It is a fundamental tenet of economics that life in a competitive marketplace comes with both risks and rewards. Partial deregulation of the utility industries has proven no … Read Article Wind Energy: Winds of Changeby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 A look at the U.S. wind energy industry’s growth chart shows an upward curve that takes off at the close of the 1990s after a decade of dormancy. … Read Article Enterprise-Wide Risk Managementby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 The type, scope, and frequency of both internal and external risks facing the energy and utility industry have increased significantly. To meet business objectives, business leaders must now … Read Article Disruptive Technologiesby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 With the collapse of energy trading and the slowing of retail deregulation, energy and utility companies are going back to the basics. They are focusing on taking additional … Read Article Can the Merchant Sector Survive?by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 Within the energy industry, the merchant sector has gone from one of the most promising areas to one of the most troubled. Indeed, many have questioned whether portions … Read Article Public Power: Bucking the Trendby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 As a result of the early failures of deregulation in the United States, we have learned two critically important lessons about the balance of private enterprise and public … Read Article A Deluge of Regulationby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on April 1, 2003 The casualties continue to mount in the devastated landscape of the post-Enron world. We know now that Enron was the beginning of the end of the euphoric, anything … Read Article« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next »