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Latest Release of UtiliPoint's CIS SourceBook Offers New Findings
19 January 2012
UtiliPoint is pleased to announce the release of version 1.1 of the CIS SourceBook, the definitive guide to utility customer service systems with comprehensive information about vendors and systems in the utility customer services space. The SourceBook, distributed free of charge, is available for download at the UtiliPoint International Web site. To date, UtiliPoint received [...]
More »Smart Grid, Quadruple Bypass, and Energy by Design
19 January 2012
In my last IssueAlert (Utilities at the Dawn of a New Era), I offered three predictions for 2012. First, dual-track Smart Grid will see Smart Grid discussion and concepts divided into two diverging paths. Current utility-centric Smart Grid includes grid modernization, AMI, distribution automation, peak power reduction, and new technology integration. An emerging consumer-centric perspective [...]
More »ETRM and the University of Houston - An Educated Success
20 December 2011
The University of Houston’s Bauer School of Business launched their ETRM Systems course in the spring of 2010 with 18 students. Since that time, the program, founded and still lead by industry veteran Ed Bell, has grown steady and has attracted considerable attention both on and off campus. According to Mr. Bell, “We’ve been pleased [...]
More »Utilities at the Dawn of a New Era
13 December 2011
As I write my last IssueAlert article of 2011, I reflect on my previous work this year (see IssueAlert Archive), as well as Smart Grid articles I’ve read lately that anticipate trends for 2012. In IssueAlert articles this year, I’ve laid out the elements of change that are besetting electric utilities around the world, as [...]
More »It's Not the Tool, It's the Carpenter
08 December 2011
As I sat down to write this article on the “Sweater Effect” and its impact upon modeling, I recalled the manner in which I was originally introduced to the subject. I was working as a director of corporate planning at a public utility, when a junior planner came into my office with a problem. He [...]
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