White Papers 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 Using Experiments to Inform the Movement Towards Privatization and Deregulationby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 The Computer-Based Laboratory From Experiment to Application Electronic trading (now commonly known as e-commerce) in the experimental laboratory began at the University of Arizona in 1976 when Arlington … Read Article Boom Or Bust? An Analysis of the Quantity of Power Plants Actually Builtby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 To the rescue, hundreds of new generation facilities were announced across the country. Plans to build our way to energy security were well under way. No one questioned … Read Article Standardizing the Supply Chain After Enterprise Reorganizationby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 Deregulation mergers … spin-offs … The changes taking place in the energy industry, including the reality that competition will increase to levels never seen before, has prompted … Read Article Probability Distributions of Net Present Values for U.S. Nuclear Power Plantsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 Introduction From the dawn of electricity deregulation in the United States until mid-1998, a pessimistic cloud hung over the nuclear power industry. This was expressed in early 1998 … Read Article Perspective From the First RTO: The Future of Industry Regulationby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 In the summer and fall of 2001, PJM Interconnection President and CEO Phillip G. Harris testified three times about electric system reliability issues before legislative committees. Harris first … Read Article Strategic Transformation in the Energy Industry – A Blueprint for Competing in a Restructured and Networked Environmentby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 Forces of Change in the Energy Industry The networked information economy and competition represent two of the greatest drivers of change in the energy industry today. While the … Read Article Microturbines: A new Source of Reliable Electricityby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 Introduction Commercial and industrial energy consumers have a better option for purchasing electrical power. A new class of electrical generator, called a microturbine, is designed to help satisfy … Read Article RTOs – The Centerpiece of Electric Industry Restructuringby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 Electric industry restructuring and its consequences seized the headlines in 2001. When deregulation was first introduced to state and federal regulators in the early 1990s, few imagined that … Read Article Utilities and the Fourth Stage of E-Businessby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 Cost savings through automation of business interactions has never been more appealing. Re-thinking our approach to inter-business transactions and re-applying existing and emerging technologies appropriately can realize such … Read Article Impact of Greenhouse Gas Regulation: The Next Ten Months – The Next Ten Yearsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 Introduction Climate change has arrived — physically, politically and economically. The debaters no longer argue if climate change is real, they debate how quickly it is coming upon … Read Article The Future of The California Energy Marketby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 The financial turmoil in the California energy market has begun to subside. Now is the time to look at the opportunities and challenges in the future. Several key … Read Article Integrating IT: The Real Lessons Are Learned After The Mergerby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 Introduction The past few years have brought about many sweeping and costly changes to the energy industry. Post-merger power companies in particular are reeling in a business climate … Read Article Offshore Wind: The Environmental Implicationsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 Introduction The impact of climate change through global warming has been a concern for some time now. As a result of this concern, the United Nations Convention on … Read Article Distribution Outsourcing – Puget Sound Energy''s Experienceby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002 Introduction In February 2001, Puget Sound Energy (PSE) began outsourcing its new residential and commercial system extension and system maintenance construction work on its gas and electric distribution … Read Article« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Next »