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Emerging Regional Electricity Market Issues

April 30, 2009

Wholesale energy markets in the United States that are managed by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) face a number of challenges. These challenges are being driven by current economic pressures coupled with emergent public policy, including federal legislative and regulatory initiatives. In the white paper, “Emerging Regional Electricity Market Issues,” ScottMadden will describe the broad level of responsibilities that RTO market administrators must exercise on a daily basis and examine the following challenges that they will likely encounter over the next several years:


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Public-Private Partnerships

April 15, 2009

The Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Opportunity

The United States stands on the cusp of a substantial investment in transportation and energy infrastructure, unprecedented since Roosevelt’s New Deal. As part of the evolving federal energy policy, the federal government is proposing strategic investments in clean technology development, the electricity transmission grid, carbon capture and storage technology, and significant upgrading and development of transportation infrastructure.


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IT Organization Assessment

March 19, 2009

The impact of information technology (IT) on today’s businesses is greater than ever before. Companies are facing higher IT costs, managing complex technology and processes, and increasingly monitoring compliance and regulatory requirements. Fundamental to improving the value of information technology is to migrate IT from a traditional cost center to an organization that enables its internal customers to efficiently and effectively serve their external customers. If you’re not running your IT organization as business, an assessment of current state is in order to compare existing processes, cost and overall organization wellness to the leading practices in the industry.

Managing Through Uncertain Times

December 1, 2008

The ScottMadden Energy Industry Update

With the meltdown of the credit markets and the deepening of worldwide recession, energy and utility companies are tightening their belts and contemplating how to position for future opportunities. The drumbeat of sustainable management, energy efficiency, and carbon constraint continues to exert force on the energy and utilities sectors, requiring the development of new strategies and measures, even in uncertain economic times. In this issue of ScottMadden’s Energy Industry Update (EIU), we look at these developments.

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Nuclear Outage Duration and Efficiency

August 29, 2008

Electric Utilities: Navigating the Water Crisis

August 1, 2008

The drought in the Southeast United States has continued through 2008 with little relief, leaving power generation providers facing increased curtailment and availability risks due to water withdrawal restrictions. With limited technical mitigation options and little relief in the weather for the foreseeable future, other solutions must be developed to ensure continued availability of key generation resources.

Water availability has become a stealth environmental issue that threatens significant consequences for the unprepared.  Meeting the challenge will require a focused and comprehensive plan of action.

The Energy Industry Update – Volume 8, Issue 1

June 1, 2008

ScottMadden’s Energy Industry Update

The Energy Industry Update is a compendium of breaking news, emerging issues, and recent developments in the energy industry.


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The ‘Obscured’ Regulatory Clash

March 1, 2008

Even for an industry that has grown accustomed to structural change over the last decade, the power industry is facing even greater numbers of emerging issues at a dizzying pace today. More and more, Federal and state stakeholders, driven by their histories and constituencies, are crossing into each other’s traditional areas of influence and power.


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The Energy Industry Update – Volume 7, Issue 2

December 1, 2007

The Energy Industry Update is a compendium of breaking news, emerging issues, and recent developments in the energy industry.


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The Energy Industry Update – Volume 7, Issue 1

June 1, 2007

The Energy Industry Update – Volume 6, Issue 2

December 1, 2006

You Play Like You Practice (Best Practices for Energy Generation)

September 1, 2006

In this article, featured by World Generation, we offer key best practices for energy generation-related system operations. Assessing operations now for best practices will help ensure that the lights stay on without breaking the bank. Read more to find out.

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