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- WWCS or "What Would Cliff Say?" - By Mark Burlingame
Daily IssueAlert
Date Released: 7/2/2009Do you remember Cliff Clavin on the TV show, “Cheers”? If you were to sit down for a beer with Cliff, and the talk turned to energy—in particular renewable energy from biomass—what would Cliff say? It might start off like this: What...
- ETRM? Um, Yeah … It's Complicated - By Patrick Reames
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Date Released: 6/29/2009The phrase "Energy Trading and Risk Management" (ETRM) would seem pretty self explanatory. It means, well, the trading of energy and managing the risk associated with the trade or trades. Right? Well, yeah, but not really. ETRM has been ad...
- Commodity Crisis: Are We Simply Avoiding the Real Issue? - By Gary M. Vasey, Ph.D.
European Issuealert
Date Released: 6/29/2009As I write this article, the price of crude oil has already exceeded $70/bbl for a time and other commodities such as coffee and sugar have also reached record prices. Media headlines are beginning once again to highlight "speculation" by hedge funds...
- Reformed Russian Power Markets Attract TRM Vendor Interest - By Gary M. Vasey, Ph.D.
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Date Released: 6/24/2009Russia is the fourth largest user of electricity in the world, but its regulated power markets have created a number of issues as demand growth has threatened security of supply on the back of lagging generation capacity investment. In fact, outa...
- Reformed Russian Power Markets Attract TRM Vendor Interest - By Gary M. Vasey, Ph.D.
European Issuealert
Date Released: 6/23/2009Russia is the fourth largest user of electricity in the world, but its regulated power markets have created a number of issues as demand growth has threatened security of supply on the back of lagging generation capacity investment. In fact, outage...
- Energy Infrastructure: Helping to Kick-Start the Economy - By James Griffin
Daily IssueAlert
Date Released: 6/22/2009Although the current economic downturn first took hold in the United States, evidence suggests that it is hitting the European Union (EU) harder. Recent figures from the Eurostat statistics agency show that for the 27-nation bloc as a whole, the firs...
- Smart Grid: Futuristic by Design - By Carol Ray
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Date Released: 6/19/2009The complexities of Smart Grid design challenge even the most experienced electrical engineers, systems architects, network, and telecom engineers. With few exceptions, every major system, application, organizational structure and business process wi...
- Strengthening Relationships Via the Utility Bill - By Christopher Perdue
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Date Released: 6/17/2009With the global economy remaining in the grip of a severe downturn that shows little signs of slowing, it is evident that a utility's success depends on its ability to strengthen its current customer relationships. Since the billing statement is the ...
- Energy Infrastructure: Helping to Kick-Start the Economy - By James Griffin
European Issuealert
Date Released: 6/16/2009Although the current economic downturn first took hold in the United States, evidence suggests that it is hitting the European Union (EU) harder. Recent figures from the Eurostat statistics agency show that for the 27-nation bloc as a whole, the fi...
- The CommodityPoint TRM Vendor Perceptions Study Shows TRM Software Markets Maturing - By Gary M. Vasey, Ph.D. and Patrick Reames
Daily IssueAlert
Date Released: 6/15/2009CommodityPoint has just completed its TRM Vendor Perceptions Study and issued the final study report. The study, kindly sponsored by Navita Systems AG and Solarc Inc., measured market participants' perceptions of the vendors in the TRM space using ...