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Based on my experience at National Grid, I maintain that to be most successful, transmission must be independent – in terms of management and ownership – from generation … Read Article

The Business Internet is the realization of the vision of a Digital Nervous System in which information flows quickly through an organization and is delivered to the employees … Read Article

For the past 50 years, the utility industry landscape has been dominated by the vertically-integrated business model, with companies owning and operating most or all elements of the … Read Article

Recognizing the new reality, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) declared in Order No. 888 that, with easy entry, plentiful gas supplies, and competing marketers, new plants could … Read Article

Energy Service Providers (ESPs) seeking market entry in the United States face an often-underestimated series of market barriers. Strong product differentiation and favorable long-term wholesale energy supply contracts … Read Article

The Value of Innovation As described by Peter Drucker, innovation refers to the function of entrepreneurship, the means by which new wealth-producing resources are created, or existing resources … Read Article

Congestion Zones Full locational pricing at every node in the network is a natural consequence of the basic economics of a competitive electricity market. However, it has been … Read Article

Background Recent dramatic changes in the electric utility industry have systematically motivated traditionally integrated utilities to functionally or legally unbundle their business segments. While many utilities are actively … Read Article