Tag: White Papers

The Three Pillars of Energy Policy

Successful energy policy is about trade-offs between different and divergent agendas that must somehow be reconciled. Energy policy, whether in the U.K., ... Read Article

Implementing the Right Network for the Smart Grid: Critical Infrastructure Determines Long-Term Strategy

Energy Conservation. Energy Efficiency. Go Green. Clean Tech. Smart Grid. The utility industry has enacted a number of initiatives with a common ... Read Article

The Water Industry in Britain and Europe: Issues for 2006 and Beyond

Executive Summary Europe’s water industry is grappling with six major issues in 2006 that present often-conflicting interests and that may need new ... Read Article

INTERVIEW: Frank Hoss

Energy & Utilities: From your perspective, what is the intelligent grid? Frank Hoss: The intelligent grid focuses primarily on the efficient, reliable ... Read Article

Issues Affecting the Electricity Transmission and Distribution System in North America

Executive Summary After more than two decades of underinvestment, the North American electricity delivery infrastructure is struggling to meet today’s changing and ... Read Article

Locking the Door Against Cybersecurity Attacks

Situation Overview The biggest threat today to the transmission and distribution (T&D) business’ cybersecurity is not necessarily a virus, worm or terrorist. ... Read Article

The Key to Economic Expansion in Utilities

Today’s forces driving the global energy and utility market have never been more acute. Consumption increases and volatile fuel costs coupled with ... Read Article

Critical Call – The Emerging Criticality of Cellular Services

The advancements in cellular services that have been witnessed in recent years have had a dramatic effect on the decision-making processes of ... Read Article

Harnessing the Power of the Intelligent Grid to Innovate / Enhance Efficiency and Reliability of Utility

The Challenge The electric power infrastructure is a foundation of American prosperity and one of the key elements of the digital economy ... Read Article

Understanding and Driving Consumer Adoption of E-Bills

This is an excerpt. To read this paper in it’s entirety: Understanding and Driving Consumer Adoption of E-Bills Introduction Online bill payment ... Read Article

Audit Committees Step Up Risk Oversight

When the audit committee of a publicly traded company sits down to meet, what’s on the agenda? What issues are considered most ... Read Article

Best Practices in Distribution Asset and Work Management

Utilities face escalating operational expenses due to rising fuel costs and increasing investment costs for environmental regulation while simultaneously being limited in ... Read Article

The Liability of Cost Cutting: A CEO’s New Challenge

When financial results don’t meet expectations, senior executives face five dreaded words that have become much too common: “We need to cut ... Read Article

Leveraging Operational Systems Assets to Realize Their Full Value

The electric utility industry finds itself confronted by a dynamic regulatory and market environment that is necessitating changes at all levels of ... Read Article

Information Is Power: The Intelligent Utility Network

In the United States, utility industry forces are driving substantial changes in strategy for T&D businesses. The U.S. Energy Policy Act of ... Read Article
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