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    Grid Reliability and Power Quality Solutions for the Digital Economy with the Virtual Power Plant

    by 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 … Read Article

    Internet Trading Exchanges To Drive Further Utilities Restructuring

    by 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 … Read Article

    Preface from PricewaterhouseCoopers

    by 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 … Read Article

    Assault on the Citadel: The ISO Answers its Critics

    by 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 … Read Article

    Java Technology for Business Intelligence

    by 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 … Read Article

    e-business in a Competitive Utility Industry: Managing to Become an e-business

    by 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 … Read Article

    Electric Restructuring: A View from the Open Market

    by 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 … Read Article

    Enterprise Service Delivery for the Utility Industry

    by 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 … Read Article

    Growth Strategies for Energy Companies

    by 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 … Read Article

    Pioneering Privatized Transmission: National Grid''s Perspective

    by 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 … Read Article

    The Web-Enabled Utility

    by 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 … Read Article

    Information Technology and the New Energy Industry Model

    by 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 … Read Article

    Regional Transmission Organizations: Linchpins of Restructuring

    by 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 … Read Article

    Surmounting Retail Energy Market Barriers Through Selective Business Focus

    by 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. … Read Article

    The Innovation Imperative

    by 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 … Read Article
    Congestion Zones Full locational pricing at every node in the network is a natural consequence of the basic … Read Article

    Shared Services: More Than a Legal Play

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

    Background Recent dramatic changes in the electric utility industry have systematically motivated traditionally integrated utilities to functionally or … Read Article

    Public Water Suppliers Look to Privatization

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

    New forces are reshaping the responsibilities of water and wastewater utilities. Although they come in different forms, water … Read Article
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