White Papers How Standards Enhance Energy Competitionby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 Birth of the GISB The creation of this new, cooperative organization not only made good business sense, but it also addressed concerns raised by the Federal Energy Regulatory … Read Article The Global Utility: The Experience from an Acquisition Made in the United States by a Foreign Utilityby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 Our story starts in 1991. After 40 years of government ownership, the U.K. electricity industry began to privatize in 1990. England and Wales were first, with the formation … Read Article Grid Reliability and Power Quality Solutions for the Digital Economy with the Virtual Power Plantby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 Figure 1 Types of Energy Trading Exchanges (Source: AMR Research, 2000; courtesy of ENCORP, Inc. ©2000) See larger image The confluence of several compelling forces – energy technology … Read Article Internet Trading Exchanges To Drive Further Utilities Restructuringby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 Key Term: Portals Defined A dizzying array of terms is used to describe the various online communities available to utility companies to facilitate communication with suppliers, traders, and … Read Article Preface from PricewaterhouseCoopersby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 We are delighted that you are about to read these pages, which we are confident will give you unique and timely insights into the rapidly transforming energy industry … Read Article Assault on the Citadel: The ISO Answers its Criticsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 The thrust of the anti-ISO argument rests on two flawed and interrelated propositions: (1) that, incentivized by the profit motive and market-based transmission pricing, transcos will necessarily be … Read Article Java Technology for Business Intelligenceby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 Figure 1 Typical infrastructure required for developing and deploying Business Intelligence applications See larger image Business intelligence makes the enterprise “smart.” Although not new in and of itself, … Read Article e-business in a Competitive Utility Industry: Managing to Become an e-businessby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 Introduction The restructuring of the utilities industry is now a global phenomenon. Many utility companies are recasting business strategies to meet the uncertainty of the new, evolving regulatory … Read Article Electric Restructuring: A View from the Open Marketby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 The difference between these positions has had a critical impact on the process of industry restructuring. In the first instance, it is assumed that markets will find economically … Read Article Enterprise Service Delivery for the Utility Industryby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 Regardless of how the utility positions itself, restructuring is forcing the utility to focus on: Reducing operating/maintenance costs Obtaining a return-on-investment for assets Increasing service reliability Summarized, the … Read Article Growth Strategies for Energy Companiesby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 The result of all of this? Energy companies must develop coherent strategies for sustainable growth. To help guide that process, this white paper describes seven key principles for … Read Article Pioneering Privatized Transmission: National Grid''s Perspectiveby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 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 Web-Enabled Utilityby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 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 Information Technology and the New Energy Industry Modelby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 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 Regional Transmission Organizations: Linchpins of Restructuringby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 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 Surmounting Retail Energy Market Barriers Through Selective Business Focusby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 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 Innovation Imperativeby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 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 Regional Transmission Organizations: Millenium Order on Designing Market Institutions for Electric Network Systemsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 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« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 16 17 18 19 Next »