White Papers Shifting Regulatory Oversight of Utility Mergersby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006 Many in the energy industry are anticipating a wave of mergers that will fundamentally alter and concentrate the energy industry, both from utility consolidation and mergers between utilities … Read Article The Energy Policy Act of 2005by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006 On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law, following four long years of congressional debates, negotiations and revisions. The … Read Article Fusion of Work Management and Supply Chain Managementby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006 Asset life cycle management is an asset management strategy designed to manage the cradle-to-grave life cycle of key assets, considering all classes, stakeholders and life cycle stages, in … Read Article The Worlds Hottest Retail Energy Marketsby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006 The number of retail energy markets open to competition grows year-on-year and research carried out by Peace Software and VaasaEmg has provided for the first time an apples … Read Article Preparing for Automated Meteringby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006 Over the past year, technology advances and high energy prices have stimulated interest in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Discussions are wide-ranging. Some focus globally: Australian and Canadian smart … Read Article Weather Forecasting for Utility Companiesby Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006 Weather-sensitive business operations are primarily reactive to shortterm (three to 36 hours) local conditions (city, county, state) due to the unavailability of appropriate predictive data at this temporal … Read Article Defining Customer Valuationby mThink on May 23, 2005 Most utilities view their interactions with customers mainly monthly billing and payment as highly routine, with neither party giving a second thought to the value at … Read Article The Hydrogen Economyby mThink on May 23, 2005 The expression hydrogen economy is appearing more and more frequently in the headlines and on the bookstands. As recently as February 2005 the governor of Florida unveiled his … Read Article Goodbye AMR, Hello AMMby mThink on May 23, 2005 Not long ago, the decision to pursue an automated meter reading (AMR) project was straightforward to describe and quantify. The business case was essentially one of justifying the … Read Article On Better Business Intelligenceby mThink on May 23, 2005 Utilities are working hard to address new financial control and reporting requirements, making progress on significant cost reduction and revenue enhancement initiatives and improving the management of financial … Read Article Exploiting Broadband Over Power Linesby mThink on May 23, 2005 Broadband over power lines (BPL) and power line communications (PLC) are sets of equipment, software and management services that when overlaid on the electric grid provide users with … Read Article Q&A: Meter Reading Past and Futureby mThink on May 23, 2005 Q: In 1997, as Puget Sound Power and Light, you merged with Washington Natural Gas and became Puget Sound Energy. Was it then that automated meter reading made … Read Article Setting a Course for Growthby mThink on May 23, 2005 Within the next few years, energy and utility companies will be operating in a more disaggregated, multinational industry. The demands of this new market will drive companies to … Read Article The New New Gridby mThink on May 23, 2005 Under pressure from four distinct sources aging assets, growing peak demand, the emergence of new power generation technologies and revenue constraints from regulation and theft distribution … Read Article Re-Evaluating a Core/Noncore Electric Marketby mThink on May 23, 2005 It is difficult to discuss or propose a core/noncore market structure without discussing Californias previous retail market restructuring effort. Many academics and others have written papers pointing out … Read Article Toward Intelligent Gridsby mThink on May 23, 2005 The promise of the intelligent energy grid remains elusive; however, a steady wave of innovation in communication and information technologies, combined with advancement in emerging energy technologies, is … Read Article Prioritizing Growthby mThink on May 23, 2005 After years of cost cutting and risk management to bring companies back to the basics in response to the market anomalies, reliability issues and regulatory uncertainty of the … Read Article Transforming Communication Infrastructureby mThink on May 23, 2005 For a long time the standard point-to-point analog line to a substation was all that was needed in the grid of the past. It worked well for many … Read Article« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 7 8 9 10 11 … 16 17 18 19 Next »