UtiliPoint International Announces Additions to Its
Pricing and Demand Response Practice Area
Tulsa, Oklahoma-January 10, 2008-UtiliPoint® International, Inc. (UtiliPoint) announces the addition of Vector Group Services, a consultancy offering custom Competitive Intelligence and marketing analysis solutions, as a new affiliate. Vector Group Services publishes the Vector Pricing Report, which is the definitive pricing analysis of the Texas competitive residential marketplace. UtiliPoint also announces the addition of Mak Udezue as a Pricing and Modeling Analyst.
Mark Johnson, principal of Vector Group Services, has been analyzing the competitive residential electricity market in Texas since 2003, including load forecasting, competitive analysis, and tracking retail pricing trends. Mark received his Bachelor's and Master's of Economics from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and took post-graduate studies in economics at St. Louis University. Mark has developed competitive analysis, forecasting, and marketing analysis for a variety of industries, and he has been the Chairman of the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals for several years. He may be contacted by e-mail at mjohnson@utilipoint.com.
Mak Udezue has a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and is currently pursuing an MBA from the University of Tulsa. She has extensive knowledge in modeling and statistics. She worked in the Oil and Gas industry as a Business Development Analyst and acquired competitive market analysis and research skills easily transferable to the utilities industries. She may be contacted by e-mail at mudezue@utilipoint.com.
"Mark will be working closely with the Pricing and Demand Response team," states Bryan Scott, Senior Director, Pricing and Demand Response of UtiliPoint. "We look forward to expanding and enhancing our demand response modeling capabilities by adding competitive intelligence analytics to our suite of PriceFXTM demand response models. Mak Udezue will be working to enhance our existing modeling capabilities, as well as analyzing demand response program options for clients."
UtiliPoint offers a complete suite of pricing and demand response development and evaluation tools through its Pricing and Demand Response (DR) practice area. The PriceFXTM DR model has been used by utilities and ISOs to project the amount of demand response that can be expected from various DR pricing programs as well as projecting other benefits from implementation of these programs. It has also been used to develop pricing strategies incorporating DR pricing programs as well as conventional pricing structures. The PriceFX suite also includes marginal and embedded cost modeling capabilities and traditional rate design development models for use in regulated retail markets.
About UtiliPoint® International, Inc.
UtiliPoint is a leader in providing analysis and consulting services to the energy and utility industry. Our 75-year history and over 500 clients worldwide have led us to currently operate as an energy and utility consulting and issues analysis firm. Our staff is comprised of leading utility and energy experts with diverse backgrounds in utility generation, transmission & distribution, retail markets, mergers and acquisitions, new technologies, investment capital, information technology, outsourcing, renewable energy, regulatory affairs, and international issues.