• California: Policy and Reform

    In the post-Cold War era, we supposedly all understand the benefits of privatization and the deregulation of markets. They bring efficiency, innovation, ... Read Article

    Automating Maintenance Part of Seabrook''s Pursuit of Excellence: An MRO Software Case Study

    To say that the Seabrook nuclear power station has had a tumultuous history is an understatement. The Boston Globe called it the ... Read Article

    Electricity Reform That Works

    The near meltdown of the California electricity markets prompted many, both inside and outside government, to question whether deregulation can work and, ... Read Article

    MAXIMO Fuels Columbia Gas Transmission''s Maintenance Activities: An MRO Software Case Study

    Columbia Gas Transmission, an operating company of NiSource, Inc., offers a variety of competitively priced natural gas transportation and storage services built ... Read Article

    RTO Technology Vision

    Perhaps we should not measure the role of technology in realizing the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Standard Market Design by the volume ... Read Article

    Meeting Information Demands

    Over the past year, the energy industry has experienced a tremendous increase in the type and amount of information demanded by regulators ... Read Article

    The Lessons of Deregulation

    As leaders in the utility industry, part of your job is to conjure up a full understanding of both the perils and ... Read Article

    Network Asset Maintenance

    In many jurisdictions, any negative customer impact is felt by the utility as a penalty payment, so network performance (system outages, voltage ... Read Article

    The Myth of Deregulation

    In 1996, California passed the nation’s first and boldest electricity deregulation law. As we all know now, the state jumped off a ... Read Article

    On Performance Management

    As the energy industry evolves, leveraging business intelligence becomes ever more important. The well-publicized problems of major energy traders over the last ... Read Article

    We Need Standard Market Design

    No doubt in the future we will look back at this time as a turning point in the history of America’s $225 ... Read Article

    Yallourn Energy Powers Maintenance Efforts with MRO Software''s Strategic Asset Management Solution: An MRO Software Case Study

    Based in the Latrobe Valley in the Australian state of Victoria, 150 kilometers east of Melbourne, Yallourn Energy operates Australia’s second largest ... Read Article

    Partial Deregulation and Credit

    Deregulation or, as it should be more properly called, restructuring of U.S. power markets was supposed to induce greater efficiencies and reduce ... Read Article

    Building an Enterprise GIS

    Early on, utilities, with no specific cartographic expertise and lacking any standards around scale, orientation, map sheet size, symbology, or detail, created ... Read Article

    Portfolio Value Management

    To position their companies for success in the energy industry of the future, utility executives must have a clear vision of the ... Read Article
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