• White Papers

    The Changing Role of the Utility CFO

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    Industry Transformation: The New Competitive Landscape The global energy industry is experiencing extraordinary transformation. The forces of deregulation, … Read Article

    New Solutions for Energy Companies: Combating the Effects of Market Volatility

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    Insurance markets and trading markets have traditionally looked at risks from very different perspectives. Insurers worried about 100-year … Read Article

    The Energy Information Community: Getting from Here to There

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    Smith: What is the Energy Information Community? Steklac: In simplest terms, the Energy Information Community is a process- … Read Article

    Evolution of the Energy Value Chain

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    The energy industry continues its metamorphosis, driven in various parts by business imperatives to enhance shareholder value, meet … Read Article

    Trading Floors, Alternative Approaches To Risk Management And The New Wave Of Convergence?

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    Why Do Energy Companies Trade? Trading operations appear to be a highly esteemed part of many energy companies. … Read Article

    Establishing a Competitive High-Performance Contact Center

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    The Many Opportunities to Improve Call Center Effectiveness and Efficiency The American Customer Satisfaction Index is a cross-industry … Read Article

    Where to Now?

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    Major states were continuing to open retail electric and gas markets to full competition-in response, great plans were … Read Article

    Managing Generator Maintenance in Competitive Electricity Markets

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    Ineffective Maintenance Can Have a Significant Impact When things go well, maintenance is an activity that is often … Read Article

    Increasing Market Share and Profitability in Energy Services

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    Numerous challenges and opportunities face companies that offer energy-related services to commercial customers and end consumers. The marketplace … Read Article

    Success in Deregulated Markets: The Multi-Utilities Business Model

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    A paradigm shift in the utilities industry has been underway for some time now. For decades the industry … Read Article

    Preventive Maintenance Strategies for Deregulation

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    Introduction Companies do not emerge into a competitive environment with immediate knowledge of how to compete safely and … Read Article

    Achieve Competing Goals With Automatic Bill Payment

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    In the decade since deregulation, utilities have had to balance two competing necessities — improving customer service and … Read Article

    Post-Merger Integration: Doing the Right Deal and Doing the Deal Right

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    The energy industry is in the midst of its most challenging period in more than three decades. The … Read Article

    The Role of Web-Based Dynamic Trading in the Restructured Electric and Gas Markets

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    Electricity and Gas Markets Have Become More Complex Energy industry deregulation is a relatively old story, though one … Read Article

    Talk to Me: Outsourcing to Make Big Gains with Small Businesses

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 15, 2002

    Talk is cheap, but meaningful dialogue is valuable. For utilities, speaking to each segment of the market in … Read Article

    Report from New England: Lessons Learned on the Road to Competition

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000

    This white paper reviews the restructuring experiences in three New England states – Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine … Read Article

    Why Do Energy Companies Trade?

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000

    Companies that trade – and trade well – have an advantage over companies that don’t, but typically that … Read Article

    E-Markets: Creating the Future of Business-to-Business Online

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000

    A Foundation for the Future Now consider the Internet, which creates unprecedented opportunities for companies to readily participate … Read Article
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