• White Papers

    Update on Broadband Over Power Lines

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006

    Electric distribution utilities have come under increasing pressure to find innovative ways to improve efficiency and generate new revenue. With the deregulation of the electric power industry, separation … Read Article

    Let''s Take A Closer Look at Generation Operational Excellence

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006

    Accelerating world demand for energy, coupled with recent natural disasters, is driving and will continue to drive, gas, oil, coal and nuclear fuel prices to unprecedented levels. Increasing … Read Article

    Let the Sun Shine

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006

    The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) works to ensure California’s energy supply is safe, reliable and reasonably priced. In the aftermath of the energy crisis, the state’s energy … Read Article

    Making Decisions With Data

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006

    How well does a utility perform its distribution operations? The answer to that question depends in part on what you are trying to achieve. Most utility stakeholders (customers, … Read Article

    The New (Nuclear Power) Generation

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006

    During the relatively quiet period of nuclear power development over the last 15 years, there has been a consolidation of expertise in relation to nuclear power reactor design … Read Article

    Must-Have Technology

    by Chris Trayhorn, Publisher of mThink Blue Book on May 15, 2006

    High commodity prices and volatility are driving growth in energy trading as producers try to maximize their market share and profitability and buyers attempt to control their energy … Read Article

    Good Energy Policy = Balanced and Diversified

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    Dear Secretary Bodman: Thank you for your outreach to democrats, former Energy secretaries and Western governors. I represent each of these categories and appreciate the fact that you … Read Article

    The LNG Question

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    During 2000, natural gas prices in the United States took a longanticipated turn, and market watchers are now waiting (at the time of writing) for mean reversion to … Read Article

    Restructuring as Erosion

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    Throughout 2005, five anniversaries will mark mileposts in public power’s pursuit to protect electricity consumers and strengthen the value of community ownership of electric utilities. The first is … Read Article

    Putting Performance First

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    Poor financial performance in 2001-2003 has led utilities to re-examine their management approach. Utilities that are making it out of the slump have implemented new management techniques such … Read Article

    Toward a Capacity Demand Curve Market

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    The market for electric generation facilities has passed through several stages in the transition to more competitive markets. Questions over the viability of competitive markets gave way to … Read Article

    Benefits Realization

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    Pick up any current periodical – from CIO magazine to Fortune to BusinessWeek – and you only have to skim the table of contents to find articles titled … Read Article

    Understanding Selection Bias

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    Selection bias can be defined as “a nonrandom participation in a program offer leading to damaging financial results.” It can affect the profitability of any product line where … Read Article

    Outsourcing Becomes ‘Partnering’

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    The energy and utilities marketplace is one of the most challenging business environments that exist today, and it is also an industry sector where business transformation outsourcing (BTO) … Read Article

    Investing in Renewable Energy

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    For the first 50 years following the passage of the Depression-era Public Utilities Holding Company Act, governmental regulation of the electric utility industry largely restricted investments in electric … Read Article

    The Next Generation of Energy Trading

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    Investments in energy trading, curtailed in the wake of the turbulent years following 2000, have begun to swing back, and agile companies are identifying new models to improve … Read Article

    The Changing Face of Utility M&A

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    Since the enactment of the National Energy Policy Act of 1992, there have been approximately 90 announced mergers between, or acquisitions of, publicly traded gas and/or electric utility … Read Article

    Workforce Renewal: A CEO’s Strategic Imperative

    by mThink on May 23, 2005

    The production of electricity and gas, the primary sources of revenue for most utilities, requires a wide variety of assets. Most of these assets are mechanical or electrical … Read Article
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