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Ameren Illinois Reaches Out to Customers With Payment Plans, Assistance Programs
PEORIA, Ill., March 15 /PRNewswire/ - Ameren Illinois (AmerenCIPS, AmerenCILCO, AmerenIP) is reaching out to residential customers with past due account balances to help them take advantage of payment plans as well as Illinois utility rate relief programs. More...
Southwest Gas Deploys IP-based Communications Software Suite from Interactive Intelligence
INDIANAPOLIS & LAS VEGAS, Mar 08, 2010 -- BUSINESS WIRE - Southwest Gas (NYSE: SWX), in partnership with Altivon (www.altivon.com), has deployed an all-in-one IP-based communications software suite from Interactive Intelligence (Nasdaq: ININ). More...
KEMA completes study of smart energy market
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Sybase - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) and Sybase Inc. (NYSE: SY) today announced two new solutions for mobile workers to carry out key business and customer relationship management (CRM) processes via iPhone and Windows Mobile. more...
Terasen Gas receives approval to establish in-house customer care services
Terasen Energy Services - Terasen Gas has received approval from the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) to move to an in-house customer care operating model effective January 2012. more...
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Meeting the Energy Needs of Large Business Customers: Results from a large market research study

By Chad Garrett
Large businesses are sophisticated energy consumers and they expect a correspondingly high level of service from their energy providers. Utility account representatives know that providing reliable energy and an accurate bill -- the basics -- more...
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Improve Business Customer Satisfaction with Strategic Planning

By Sarah Weldon
Creating strategic account plans is considered an account management best practice for businesses in any industry. Yet results from the 2009 E Source Account Management Assessment-a recently conducted online survey of utility account management departments more...
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Realizing the Vision of a Smart Electrical Grid -- Installing the Technology is Only Half the Battle.

By Charles Dickerson
These are exciting times. The electric industry is undergoing tremendous change. Smart Grid initiatives are being developed and many are proceeding across the country, with engineers, technologist, accountants and others designing and implementing systems, technologies more...
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Call Center Strategies 2009

By Christine Kozlosky
Assembling the right mix of resources to ensure high-quality, cost-effective customer care is a constantly evolving challenge. Selecting, training, managing, and motivating a large pool of employees requires creativity, enthusiasm, and perseverance. more...
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Buying Energy Commodity - It's as Simple as Usage and Price

By Peter Noland
All buying and selling of an energy commodity (natural gas and electricity) by both end-user customers and their energy suppliers, involves a simultaneous look and interpretation of only two variables: energy usage and energy price. more...
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