UtiliPoint® International, Inc. is partnering with PGS Energy Training to deliver its own set of audio and web-based seminars that address the needs of the utility and energy industry today. UtiliPoint® will periodically perform audio and/or web-based conferences for a nominal fee to the public (UtiliPoint® Utility & Energy Technology and Trading & Risk Management subscribers are FREE). The seminars will be targeted at issues that are top-of-mind in the industry today and will be taught by experienced professionals from UtiliPoint® and invited guests on the topics of interest. Current seminars scheduled include:
- October 20, 2005: Best Practices in Energy Trading, Transaction & Risk Managment Software Selection and Implementation (more information and registration form coming soon!)
- September 27, 2005: Automated Notification for Utilities: Improving the Collections Process
- September 14, 2005: Advanced Metering and Demand Response Provisions in the Domenici-Barton Energy Policy Act of 2005
- August 12, 2005: A Case Study in Siting New Transmission Lines: Successfully Developing Good Community Relations
- May 10, 2005: Hedge Funds and Energy Markets
- May 9, 2005: Best Practices in Selecting Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software
- April 6, 2005: The Broadband Powerline Business and its Technology—The Hope and The Hype
- March 15, 2005: Hedge Funds: The Next Wave in Energy Trading
- January 18, 2005: Hedge Funds: The Next Wave in Energy Trading
- January 11, 2005: AMR Business Case Benchmarking: Evaluation and Outlook of North American AMR Market
- December 16, 2004: Utility Financial Performance and Diversification: Will Credit Ratings Impact New Investment Opportunities?
- December 8, 2004: Power Marketing Information Technology Benchmarking: The State of IT in North American Power Marketers
- November 4, 2004: Hedge Funds: The Next Wave in Energy Trading
- October 5, 2004: Hedge Funds: The Next Wave in Energy Trading
- September 29, 2004: Designing & Implementing a Successful Price Responsive Load Management Program
- Date To-Be-Determined: Business Process Outsourcing in the Utility Industry
With origins dating to 1933, UtiliPoint® International, Inc. is a leader in providing research-based consulting to the utility industry. UtiliPoint analysts have provided strategic business plans and studies on utilities, energy companies, and those that serve them. Direct experiences include work in trading/risk management, outsourcing, CIS, billing, CRM, metering, AMR, demand response, work/outage management, supply chain, ERP, call centers, rates/pricing products, customer-focused strategy services, and investments in emerging technologies. The firm is also the publisher of IssueAlert®™, an analysis of the utility and energy industry’s hot topics sent to over 34,000 utility and energy executives daily and opened approximately 1.5 million times monthly.
