• Becoming an On-Demand Utility

    A switch is flipped, and there is light. A knob is turned, and there is heat. What industry can be more on ... Read Article

    Asset Management – Do You Know Your Risk?

    Asset management is the focus for most utilities, primarily because of cost pressures resulting from the limited availability of capital and O&M ... Read Article

    Business Transformation Outsourcing’s Benefits

    Energy and utility industry executives are increasingly called upon to improve service levels, increase responsiveness and optimize their cost structure. In short, ... Read Article

    How to Optimize Reliability in Utility Networks

    While reliability is perhaps one of the most watched performance indicators in the utilities industry today, improvement efforts are often based on ... Read Article

    Update on Broadband Over Power Lines

    Electric distribution utilities have come under increasing pressure to find innovative ways to improve efficiency and generate new revenue. With the deregulation ... Read Article

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

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

    Let the Sun Shine

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

    Making Decisions With Data

    How well does a utility perform its distribution operations? The answer to that question depends in part on what you are trying ... Read Article

    The New (Nuclear Power) Generation

    During the relatively quiet period of nuclear power development over the last 15 years, there has been a consolidation of expertise in ... Read Article

    Must-Have Technology

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

    Innovation Does Matter

    Innovation may be one of the most overused terms among strategists, used interchangeably with technology improvements, process changes and many other tactical ... Read Article

    Business Process Management in Energy

    Forced to deliver expected shareholder returns in stagnant markets, energy utilities are turning their attention to performance improvement. The drive for operational ... Read Article

    Setting Fixed Electric Rates and Bills

    Today many utilities strive to increase customer satisfaction by offering new products and services to meet customer demands. One of the most ... Read Article

    Using Service-Oriented Architecture to Transform Utilities

    Since the 1970s, utility companies have grown principally through mergers and acquisitions. This industry consolidation has resulted in organizations with diverse business ... Read Article

    Survival Skills for Utility Mergers

    The recent surge in merger, acquisition and divestiture activity in the U.S. utilities industry has come as no surprise to leaders in ... Read Article
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