• A Thousand Points of (Power and) Light: Unlocking the Potential of Distributed Generation

    Much has been written about the opportunities distributed-generation (DG) technologies offer the energy marketplace. DG will one day reduce local congestion, reduce ... Read Article

    The IBPP Revolution Meets – and Exceeds – Expectations

    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

    Avoiding the Untenable Model

    Introduction What is now known as the “California experiment in electricity deregulation” has sent shock waves around the world, particularly to other ... Read Article

    It''s Time to Break the Gridlock

    The Power Grid: Platform for Competition The first step toward ensuring a healthy power sector is a simple affirmation: the grid plays ... Read Article

    Choice!

    There are many disturbing practices and beliefs prevalent in the traditional electric and gas energy industry, but few more disturbing than the ... Read Article

    The Global Utility: The Experience from an Acquisition Made in the United States by a Foreign Utility

    Our story starts in 1991. After 40 years of government ownership, the U.K. electricity industry began to privatize in 1990. England and ... Read Article

    Grid Reliability and Power Quality Solutions for the Digital Economy with the Virtual Power Plant

    Figure 1 Types of Energy Trading Exchanges (Source: AMR Research, 2000; courtesy of ENCORP, Inc. ©2000) See larger image The confluence of ... Read Article

    Internet Trading Exchanges To Drive Further Utilities Restructuring

    Key Term: Portals Defined A dizzying array of terms is used to describe the various online communities available to utility companies to ... Read Article

    Preface from PricewaterhouseCoopers

    We are delighted that you are about to read these pages, which we are confident will give you unique and timely insights ... Read Article

    Assault on the Citadel: The ISO Answers its Critics

    The thrust of the anti-ISO argument rests on two flawed and interrelated propositions: (1) that, incentivized by the profit motive and market-based ... Read Article

    Java Technology for Business Intelligence

    Figure 1 Typical infrastructure required for developing and deploying Business Intelligence applications See larger image Business intelligence makes the enterprise “smart.” Although ... Read Article

    e-business in a Competitive Utility Industry: Managing to Become an e-business

    Introduction The restructuring of the utilities industry is now a global phenomenon. Many utility companies are recasting business strategies to meet the ... Read Article

    Electric Restructuring: A View from the Open Market

    The difference between these positions has had a critical impact on the process of industry restructuring. In the first instance, it is ... Read Article

    Enterprise Service Delivery for the Utility Industry

    Regardless of how the utility positions itself, restructuring is forcing the utility to focus on: Reducing operating/maintenance costs Obtaining a return-on-investment for ... Read Article

    Growth Strategies for Energy Companies

    The result of all of this? Energy companies must develop coherent strategies for sustainable growth. To help guide that process, this white ... Read Article

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