Tag: Thought Leadership

Insurance markets and trading markets have traditionally looked at risks from very different perspectives. Insurers worried about 100-year storms while traders focused ... Read Article

In the decade since deregulation, utilities have had to balance two competing necessities — improving customer service and lowering costs. Automatic bill ... Read Article

Business Drivers Some state regulators have already required their incumbent utilities to decide which line of business to pursue as they are ... Read Article

Why Do Energy Companies Trade? Trading operations appear to be a highly esteemed part of many energy companies. During the last two ... Read Article

Talk is cheap, but meaningful dialogue is valuable. For utilities, speaking to each segment of the market in its own language can ... Read Article

Many believe cost performance is back, but we don’t think it’s ever been gone. One outcome of the California energy crisis has ... Read Article

Ineffective Maintenance Can Have a Significant Impact When things go well, maintenance is an activity that is often invisible to senior management. ... Read Article

Introduction In an industry promising revolutionary advances nearly every day, one application has gone well beyond vision-speak: Internet bill presentment and payment(IBPP). ... Read Article

Industry Transformation: The New Competitive Landscape The global energy industry is experiencing extraordinary transformation. The forces of deregulation, increased competition, simultaneous unbundling ... Read Article

Introduction Companies do not emerge into a competitive environment with immediate knowledge of how to compete safely and effectively. Companies faced with ... Read Article

Deregulation … mergers … spin-offs … The changes taking place in the energy industry, including the reality that competition will increase to ... Read Article

The energy industry continues its metamorphosis, driven in various parts by business imperatives to enhance shareholder value, meet industry-restructuring mandates, and realize ... Read Article

Electricity and Gas Markets Have Become More Complex Energy industry deregulation is a relatively old story, though one that continues to unfold ... Read Article

Forces of Change in the Energy Industry The networked information economy and competition represent two of the greatest drivers of change in ... Read Article

Major states were continuing to open retail electric and gas markets to full competition-in response, great plans were being laid, and extensive ... Read Article