White Papers The GridWise Olympic Peninsula Projectby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 1, 2008 The Olympic Peninsula Project consisted of a field demonstration and test of advanced price signal-based control of distributed energy resources (DERs). Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy … Read Article Wind Energy: Balancing the Demandby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 1, 2008 In recent years, exponential demand for new U.S. wind energy-generating facilities has nearly doubled America’s installed wind generation. By the end of 2007, our nation’s total wind capacity … Read Article Ontario Pilotby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 1, 2008 Smart metering technologies are making it possible to provide residential utility customers with the sophisticated “smart pricing” options once available only to larger commercial and industrial customers. When … Read Article Con Edisonby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 1, 2008 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York (Con Edison) is a regulated utility serving 3.2 million electric customers in New York City and Westchester County. The company recognized that … Read Article Pepco Holdings, Inc.by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 1, 2008 The United States and the world are facing two preeminent energy challenges: the rising cost of energy and the impact of increasing energy use on the environment. As … Read Article Business Intelligence: The 'Better Light Bulb' for Improved Decision Makingby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on January 1, 2008 Although some utilities have improved organizational agility by providing high-level executives with real-time visibility into operations, if they’re to be truly effective, these businesses must do more than … Read Article Understanding and Driving Consumer Adoption of E-Billsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 This is an excerpt. To read this paper in it’s entirety: Understanding and Driving Consumer Adoption of E-Bills Introduction Online bill payment is an American mainstream practice. Three … Read Article Audit Committees Step Up Risk Oversightby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 When the audit committee of a publicly traded company sits down to meet, what’s on the agenda? What issues are considered most important? Across many industry sectors, audit … Read Article Best Practices in Distribution Asset and Work Managementby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 Utilities face escalating operational expenses due to rising fuel costs and increasing investment costs for environmental regulation while simultaneously being limited in their ability to improve revenues through … Read Article The Liability of Cost Cutting: A CEOs New Challengeby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 When financial results don’t meet expectations, senior executives face five dreaded words that have become much too common: “We need to cut costs.” Those expectations might have been … Read Article Leveraging Operational Systems Assets to Realize Their Full Valueby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 The electric utility industry finds itself confronted by a dynamic regulatory and market environment that is necessitating changes at all levels of these organizations. Whether a generation utility … Read Article Information Is Power: The Intelligent Utility Networkby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 In the United States, utility industry forces are driving substantial changes in strategy for T&D businesses. The U.S. Energy Policy Act of 2005 mandates improved infrastructure and reliability. … Read Article Technology Support for Utility Analyticsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 Intelligent utility networks (IUNs), also known in the electric power industry as intelligent grids, smart grids or modern grids, make use of large numbers of sensing points and … Read Article The Emergence of the Intelligent Utility: A New View of Service Deliveryby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 Utilities encountered a decade of challenges in the 1990s – utility diversification, attempts to adjust to emerging regulatory opportunities and distractions from extended investment strategies. Consequently, in the … Read Article INTERVIEW: Alan H. Richardsonby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 Energy & Utilities: Lets start by taking a look at the state of the electric utility industry marketplace as it relates to congressional debates over reducing carbon dioxide … Read Article Communication Technology Considerations for the Intelligent Utility Networkby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 Most industries have experienced significant transformations over the past few decades, which have resulted in improved business processes and a more efficient operating structure. These transformations, to a … Read Article Energy Independence Is Cool(er)?by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 There is growing interest in the U.S. both in achieving some increased degree of energy independence and in reducing CO2 emissions to minimize global climate change. While both … Read Article Curbing Theft of Service Starts With Getting to Know Your Customerby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 14, 2007 Theft of service has been discussed more in the boardroom in the last three years than it has in the past 30. Why all the new interest? In … Read Article« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 … 16 17 18 19 Next »