White Papers The E-Market Imperative: Digital Transactions are Transforming the Energy Marketplaceby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 Although we can be certain that significant changes are coming to the energy marketplace, the crystal ball is cloudy as to the nature and the timing of the … Read Article The Benefits of Server Consolidation for Utilities Infrastructureby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 Although the notion of consolidation is not new, advances in open system functionality on the part of hardware vendors over the past few years have paved the way … Read Article How Did We Get Here?by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 For eight decades, the electricity supply industry and its customers enjoyed the benefits of increasing economies of scale. Electric utilities, people reasoned, were natural monopolies because they enjoyed … Read Article The Third Wave of Convergence in Energy Marketsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 Wave One: The Traditional Regulatory Framework The traditional regulatory framework created a convergence of energy prices with the costs of constructing, maintaining, and operating energy assets and networks. … Read Article Advantages of the RHPH Model for Internet-Based Electronic Procurementby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 The L-Hub model is positioned favorably in the e-procurement market space, in large part because of the sheer size of regional economies and the compelling nature of doing … Read Article Report from New England: Lessons Learned on the Road to Competitionby 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 – and their trials and successes. Additionally, the paper considers … 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 advantage is more subtle – and perhaps less fleeting – … Read Article E-Markets: Creating the Future of Business-to-Business Onlineby 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 in, and even create, powerful online trading communities. In so … Read Article The Global Power Company of the Futureby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 The initial stages of the liberalization process currently underway across parts of the globe see individual countries separating out the traditional monopoly areas of generation, transmission, distribution, and … Read Article Nuclear Power Poised To Assume Larger Role In Energy Productionby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on November 15, 2000 The nuclear industry has proven that it can be an efficient producer of electric power while operating in a manner that is more environmentally friendly than virtually any … Read Article 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« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 15 16 17 18 19 Next »