• Examining Business Process Outsourcing

    What does next-level utility performance look like? The energy industry may be one of the most complex business environments, as it is ... Read Article

    Shifting Regulatory Oversight of Utility Mergers

    Many in the energy industry are anticipating a wave of mergers that will fundamentally alter and concentrate the energy industry, both from ... Read Article

    The Energy Policy Act of 2005

    On August 8, 2005, President George W. Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 into law, following four long years of ... Read Article

    Fusion of Work Management and Supply Chain Management

    Asset life cycle management is an asset management strategy designed to manage the cradle-to-grave life cycle of key assets, considering all classes, ... Read Article

    The World’s Hottest Retail Energy Markets

    The number of retail energy markets open to competition grows year-on-year and research carried out by Peace Software and VaasaEmg has provided ... Read Article

    Preparing for Automated Metering

    Over the past year, technology advances and high energy prices have stimulated interest in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Discussions are wide-ranging. Some ... Read Article

    Weather Forecasting for Utility Companies

    Weather-sensitive business operations are primarily reactive to shortterm (three to 36 hours) local conditions (city, county, state) due to the unavailability of ... Read Article

    Addressing the Aging Utility Workforce Challenge: ACT NOW

    For several years, industry writers have been warning of the “impending aging workforce crisis.” Demographic data has been analyzed and presented, and ... Read Article

    Talkin’ ’Bout our Generation

    Energy independence has been an increasingly popular goal in the United States. However, “a goal without a plan is just a wish,” ... Read Article

    Informed Decision Making

    Corporate management is increasingly called upon to make complex critical decisions in short time frames. Consolidations within industries, competition to maintain competitive ... Read Article

    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
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