White Papers Good Energy Policy = Balanced and Diversifiedby 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 Questionby 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 Erosionby mThink on May 23, 2005 Throughout 2005, five anniversaries will mark mileposts in public powers pursuit to protect electricity consumers and strengthen the value of community ownership of electric utilities. The first is … Read Article Putting Performance Firstby 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 Marketby 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 Realizationby 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 Biasby 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 Partneringby 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 Energyby 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 Tradingby 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&Aby 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 CEOs Strategic Imperativeby 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 Using the Sarbanes-Oxley Actby mThink on May 23, 2005 Who would have predicted that significant help in managing operational risks would come from such an unlikely source: Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act? But, by voluntarily extending … Read Article Pollutants, Resources and Nanotechnologyby mThink on May 23, 2005 The embryonic field of nanotechnology, which has been receiving much attention of late, aspires to the control of matter at molecular and near-molecular scales, in emulation of the … Read Article Asset Management: Practical Path to Successby mThink on May 23, 2005 The term asset management has taken center stage for most utility transmission and distribution, primarily because of cost pressures resulting from limited capital and O&M funds, and customer/regulatory … Read Article Service Delivery Managementby mThink on May 23, 2005 Organizations today are challenged with simultaneously improving performance and lowering costs. Many are discovering that the key lies in reinventing service by adopting a service delivery management (SDM) … Read Article Collections Best Practiceby mThink on May 23, 2005 Utility bad debt is increasing year-on-year according to market research group Chartwell in its 2004 report, Credit and Collections in the Utility Industry. Chartwell estimates that more than … Read Article Electric Generation Capacity: What, Where and Whoby mThink on May 23, 2005 The principal driver of energy consumption and demand growth in the United States is increased population. The nations population is growing at a rate of approximately 1 percent … Read Article« Previous 1 2 3 4 … 8 9 10 11 12 … 16 17 18 19 Next »