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Posted By: Jerry Watson - Maintenance Manager, Jerry Watson
On: January 8, 2013
Time of Use (TOU) pricing is considered by many to create fair and equitable method to tie capacity and energy charges to customer usage, others contend the answer is real time dynamic pricing. The argument for these is relatively simple, high prices during higher demand will reward those reducing capacity  more...
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Posted By: Jerry Watson - Maintenance Manager, Jerry Watson
On: November 15, 2012
It is under-appreciated that the driver of real time price volatility is capacity not energy. The current outcry for, energy only, real time pricing is another simplistic and on its own will not work long term. Dynamic pricing is an energy only strategy with only indirect ties to capacities value  more...
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Posted By: John Audley , Jeff Bissonnette , Wendy Gerlitz
On: October 4, 2012
Oregon's Renewable Energy Standard (RES) is one of the most thoughtful policies to promote clean energy in the country, a working model for other states to consider. In passing the RES in 2007, Oregon legislators created an effective mechanism to drive new markets, job creation and clean energy business investments  more...
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Posted By: Liane Smith - Founder & Director, Intetech Ltd.
On: September 20, 2012
Well failures hit oil and gas operator's hard, putting production, people and the environment at risk. Well integrity management systems provide an integrated source of critical data and real-time visibility of well integrity across the enterprise to ensure a robust approach to managing corporate risk and ensuring compliance. Well integrity  more...
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Posted By: Ravi Kumar - Senior Consultant, Infosys Technologies, Ltd.
On: August 29, 2012
What is Compatible Unit? Compatible Unit (CU) is like a template used mainly in US and UK based utility companies to design their routine repetitive work such as pipe installations, equipment repairs and inspections. A compatible unit is a standardized assembly unit defined for general use by designers, crews and  more...
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Posted By: Paul Yarka - Accenture Smart Grid Services, Asset Management Practice Global Lead, Accenture
On: August 23, 2012
Utilities are under growing pressure to meet the seemingly conflicting goals of minimizing costs and maintaining or improving grid reliability. In developed markets, decades of underinvestment in the transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure have created a pent-up need to replace aging components of the electric power system and gas delivery  more...
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Posted By: Andre Begosso , Daniel Krueger , Terry Maxey
On: August 21, 2012
Nearly all players in the US energy sector -- from utilities and independent power producers to regulators and government agencies -- agree that demand for electricity is intrinsically tied to economic growth. Evidence of such a link has certainly been seen during the post-2008 recession period; consumption has grown about  more...
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Posted By: Carl H. Seligson - Chairman, Utility Financial Experts
On: June 21, 2012
From Wikipedia: The three Rs (as in the letter R) are the foundations of a basic skills-orientated education program within schools: Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic. The phrase is attributed to a toast given by Sir William Curtis around 1825.Since its original creation, many others have created new words for what  more...
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Posted By: Twan Vollebregy - CEO, Energy Fundamentals
On: June 14, 2012
We live in interesting times, as the Chinese proverb supposedly goes. For anyone who has to make major investment decisions about power generation in Europe, we also happen to live in rather hair-raising times too. What possible use are ten year forward curves when, for example, Germany decides overnight to  more...
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Posted By: Sathyanarayana Krishnamurthy - Industry Principal, Infosys
On: May 24, 2012
Introduction Utility Industry is undergoing a rapid change due to regulations and change to ownership structures. In today's scenario the top 3 concern for the industry would be: Reliability requirement Regulation Uncertainty & Long term investment While there is a need to adapt to these changes rapidly, Utilities have to  more...
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