Practice Areas
UtiliPoint® International, Inc. has six main practice areas:
| 1. | AMI MDM UtiliPoint's unique AMI MDM practice provides unbiased market research and consulting to utilities, regulators, new and established vendors, and companies interested in entering one of the above markets. |
| 2. | Energy Investments & Business Planning UtiliPoint's Energy Investments practice provides business planning and market studies, and helps refine business plans for companies looking for external funding, acquisition opportunities, and investment decision support. Our expert consultants and analysts have unique strategy modeling capabilities and analysis approaches to support investment decisions. We also work with investor groups, venture capital and private equity firms on independent analysis of investment opportunities. |
| 3. | Energy Trading & Risk Management UtiliPoint's Energy Trading and Risk Management (TRM) practice provides expert information, independent research, market studies, consulting and analyst services in the area of energy commodity trading, transaction and risk management. UtiliPoint's practice professionals are acknowledged and accomplished experts in their field and are relied upon by their clients to provide unambiguous and independent advice and information. In fact, practice staff published the first book on ETRM Software in May 2006 (Trends in Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software - A Primer, by Dr. GM Vasey & Mr. Andrew Bruce, BookSurge, 2006). |
| 4. | Meter-to-Cash UtiliPoint's Meter-to-Cash practice provides expert information, independent research, market studies, consulting and analyst services in the areas of Customer Care, Customer Information Systems and Customer Relationship Management. UtiliPoint's practice professionals are acknowledged and accomplished experts in their field and are relied upon by their clients to provide unambiguous and independent advice and information. UtiliPoint's CIS clients include IOU's, Cooperatives, Municipals, Technology Vendors, Software Vendors and Regulatory Agencies. |
| 5. | Pricing & Demand Response UtiliPoint's Pricing and Demand Response practice is dedicated to providing wholesale and retail electricity market design and pricing services to electricity market stakeholders. Our clients include independent system operators, utilities, competitive load serving entities, demand response program providers, state and federal regulatory agencies, and business and investment entities with a commercial interest in the design and operation of electricity markets. |
| 6. | Public & Regulatory Issues Management UtiliPoint's Public & Regulatory Issues Management practice has a 25-year track record of working with utilities to manage potentially controversial public, regulatory, and legal issues. Through the provision of UtiliPoint's independent and expert assistance, utilities experience enhanced public trust, broader and improved communication of the relevant issues and a smoother communication process. |