• 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

    Good Energy Policy = Balanced and Diversified

    Dear Secretary Bodman: Thank you for your outreach to democrats, former Energy secretaries and Western governors. I represent each of these categories ... Read Article

    The LNG Question

    During 2000, natural gas prices in the United States took a longanticipated turn, and market watchers are now waiting (at the time ... Read Article

    Restructuring as Erosion

    Throughout 2005, five anniversaries will mark mileposts in public power’s pursuit to protect electricity consumers and strengthen the value of community ownership ... Read Article

    Putting Performance First

    Poor financial performance in 2001-2003 has led utilities to re-examine their management approach. Utilities that are making it out of the slump ... Read Article

    Toward a Capacity Demand Curve Market

    The market for electric generation facilities has passed through several stages in the transition to more competitive markets. Questions over the viability ... Read Article

    Benefits Realization

    Pick up any current periodical – from CIO magazine to Fortune to BusinessWeek – and you only have to skim the table ... Read Article

    Understanding Selection Bias

    Selection bias can be defined as “a nonrandom participation in a program offer leading to damaging financial results.” It can affect the ... Read Article

    Outsourcing Becomes ‘Partnering’

    The energy and utilities marketplace is one of the most challenging business environments that exist today, and it is also an industry ... Read Article

    Investing in Renewable Energy

    For the first 50 years following the passage of the Depression-era Public Utilities Holding Company Act, governmental regulation of the electric utility ... Read Article

    The Next Generation of Energy Trading

    Investments in energy trading, curtailed in the wake of the turbulent years following 2000, have begun to swing back, and agile companies ... Read Article

    The Changing Face of Utility M&A

    Since the enactment of the National Energy Policy Act of 1992, there have been approximately 90 announced mergers between, or acquisitions of, ... Read Article

    Workforce Renewal: A CEO’s Strategic Imperative

    The production of electricity and gas, the primary sources of revenue for most utilities, requires a wide variety of assets. Most of ... Read Article
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