New White Paper Series

Utility forecasting and customer analysis capabilities are especially important in today's electric markets. Regulated utilities are refocusing on T&D, generating capacity requirements and system efficiency issues as well as demand response, efficiency and renewables programs; deregulated retail electric providers are attempting to identify more profitable market segments. In addition, recent advances in distributed generation (DG) technologies are providing a new competitive threat for regulated utilities, one coming from their own customers. Honda's roll-out of a new residential micro-CHP unit is likely to have a significant impact on DG market development.

This new white paper series will address current issues in utility customer forecasting and analysis applications . A summary of each article is provided in email notices.

White Paper Archive

Turning Utility Distributed Generation Threats Into Business Opportunities: PART I. Assessing the Threats. Declining DG system costs, more favorable regulatory treatment, and the development of ever smaller and more efficient DG, CHP (combined heat and power) and residential-sized micro-CHP systems ensure that most utilities will find DG troublesome with revenue losses and hourly load impacts growing at an increasing rate. This article explains why DG, especially new CHP systems, poses a revenue threat to electric utilities and illustrates the kind of analysis required to assess potential impacts and evaluate options for incorporating DG in utility business plans. The full article may be viewed at: http://www.maisy.com/wpdgeval.htm

It's Time For DG to Become an Integral Part of the Nation's Power Planning Solution

When Will the DG Market Take Off? Distributed Generation Market Development and Investment Opportunities

Applying Distributed Generation Strategies to Ease the Long Island Power Crisis

Assessing Utility Market "Headroom": Pitfalls of Traditional Analysis

Pennsylvania Profitability Analysis Identifies Individual High-Value Electric Utility Customers With 83-96% Accuracy

Large Commercial Customers: New Competitive Battleground

Commercial Energy Savings Potential Estimated at $9 Billion/Year

The Essential Role of Market Segmentation in New Product Development

Profit Potential In Small and Medium Commercial Customer Markets

MAISY Electric Utility Clients Reflect an Industry on the Move