California to Allow Aggregated Distributed Energy Resources to be Bid into the Grid
On June 10, 2015, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) issued a proposal to allow small-scale distributed energy resources (DERs), such as rooftop solar, storage, and electric vehicles, to be aggregated and bid into the grid. If approved, California would become the first state to integrate and manage small-scale DERs in a fashion similar to larger utility-scale renewable resources.
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Hawaii Becomes the First State to Adopt 100% Renewable Portfolio Standard
On June 8, 2015, Governor David Ige signed a law increasing Hawaii’s renewable portfolio standard from 40% renewable energy in 2030 to 100% renewable energy by 2045. Hawaii is the first state in the United States to adopt a 100% renewable portfolio standard.
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Building Toward Predictive Analytics
Harnessing Big Data Insight for Strategic Action
The emergence of Big Data and advanced analytics offers lessons and creates opportunity for HR. As an HR leader, you can take advantage of this opportunity by identifying the key needs of your stakeholders, hiring the right resources, establishing system infrastructure, and gaining credibility early. This report focuses on harnessing Big Data insight for strategic action.
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An Iterative Approach – Predictive Analytics in HR
On the journey to value creation in the HR analytics space, organizations have to move past the historically focused reporting activities and begin to conduct more creative and predictive analyses.
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Predictive Analytics: Building the Infrastructure
As companies are beginning to turn their focus from reporting on historical performance to predicting what should happen, organizations are being created whose sole purpose is to run HR analytical analyses. However, companies struggle with how many resources to put in the organization, what types of resources are needed to ensure success, and the scope of services the organization should provide. In order to recruit the right resources that can navigate the different channels in the enterprise and cultivate collaboration, the analytics group needs to have a clear definition and message of what it is and what it is trying to accomplish.
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EIA Expects Coal Retirement and Electricity Price Increases with Clean Power Plan
On May 22, 2015, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) released a report analyzing the impact of the final draft Clean Power Plan that was submitted to the White House in May. Its findings predict a major increase in coal plant retirements.
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How Can Advanced Contact Center Technologies Enhance Your SSC?
Technology evolution continues to bring with it wide-ranging opportunities for shared services centers (SSCs) to raise their game. These opportunities require service center decision makers to be selective about which technologies best support their core mission. Compared to externally facing contact centers, SSCs are often lagging in their use of sophisticated tools and enabling technologies. To unlock their full potential, SSCs can leverage advanced contact center technologies to improve customer service and operations.
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Overcoming the Challenges of Large Capital Programs/Projects
Applying Lessons Learned from Extended Power Uprates
Effective capital program/project delivery is a critical competency for any electric utility to achieve high performance. However, project scope creep, schedule delays, and cost increases have become the rule rather than the exception. Over the past 10 years, the
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Unlocking Enterprise Value in Your Supply Chain
How to Break Out of the “Vicious Cycle”
Numerous supply chain organizations lack a clearly defined strategy that is aligned with the expectations of the internal business unit customers they serve. As a result, the supply chain organization often serves in an “order taker” role, which significantly impedes its ability to achieve a competitive advantage in the marketplace and provide significant savings for the larger enterprise.
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The Enterprise Supply Chain View
Supply Chain Learning Series Part 1
“The Enterprise Supply Chain View” is the first topic of a supply chain learning series that ScottMadden is presenting along with Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON). In this session, we focus on key characteristics of the enterprise supply chain. A discussion of
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P2P Strategy: It’s Not Just About the Transaction
Many global organizations have experienced significant challenges when combining their procurement and accounts payable functions to form truly integrated procure-to-pay (P2P) process models. Disconnects between supply chain and finance, the two larger areas responsible for procurement and accounts payable respectively, are not a new phenomenon. Inherently, business drivers of the two functions are different: supply chain aims to create processes that reduce cost and deliver goods
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