Nov|Dec|2007

volume 85|06

Events 6
Commentary 8

40 Turning Energy Efficiency into a Business by Diane Munns, Edison Electric Institute

Management Methods 66
Risk Management

Five Hiring Mistakes— and How to Avoid Them

by Warren R. Birge, III, Personalysis Corporation

FEATURES

42 The Clean Spark Spread: How Greenhouse Gas Legislation will Impact the Cost of Producing Power by Gregory J. Casas, John S. Rainey and Jeffrey J. Nichols, Greenberg Traurig

FPL Group by Nancy Spring, managing editor

Industry Report 20 2006 Operating Performance Rankings: Turning in Impressive Numbers by Nancy Spring, managing editor

Profile: 2007 Utility of the Year 28
COLUMNS
Generation

Customer Service, Utility Style 12 Call Center Queue Management Systems

by Penni McLean-Conner, NSTAR

44 Artificial Intelligence Technologies Help Power Plants Weather the Industry’s Sea Change by Peter Spinney, NeuCo, Inc.

Managing Uncertainty 14

The Power of Private Capital—

48 The Coal Supply Equation by Nancy Spring, managing editor

Managing Market Forces

by Joseph Fontana, Ernst & Young LLP

Renewables
Benefit of Counsel 16

52 The Latest in Wind Forecasting by Patrick Quinlan, Second Wind Inc.

Breaking the Renewables Log Jam

by Larry F. Eisenstat

IT/CIS & CRM

and Cortney Madea, Dickstein Shapiro LLP

Taking It Into Account 18

The “Full Monty” of Power Projects

54 The Power of Meter Data Unification and Synchronization of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (Part I) by Maureen Coveney, SAP America Inc.

Perhaps Less is More

by Dan Watkiss, Bracewell & Giuliani

SECTIONS

56 Emerging Communication Technologies BPL-enabled smart grids by John J. Joyce, Ambient Corporation

News Briefs 10

58 Tailor the Bill for a Custom(er) Fit by Jim Delande, StreamServe Inc.

Finance

Market Manipulation and FERC: The Value of 36
On-going Compliance Monitoring
by Mark K. Lewis and Damon R. Daniels,
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

60 When Differences Build Strength by Jerry Duvall, CS Week

T&D

Exclusive C Three Equity Index 38 by the C Three Group

62 C&I Customers: What Do They Really Want From Their Energy Providers? by Joel S. Gilbert, APOGEE Interactive, Inc.

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