A UtiliPoint IssueAlert
By Patrick Reames, VP of Trading and Risk Management, andDr. Gary M. Vasey, General Manager of UtiliPoint Europe
Energy trading, transaction and risk management (ETRM) software solutions are the highly specialized systems used by companies engaged in the production, buying, selling, moving and managing of energy commodities. According to UtiliPoint’s Directory of […]

UtiliPoint Europe will be conducting a series of webinars through the summer in conjunction with PGSEnergy Training.
The schedule is as follows;
May 29th 10:00 am to 11:00 am (U.S. Eastern Daylight Savings Time) 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm (Central European Time) - Market Sentiment as the New Risk Factor in Commodity Markets - How Energy & […]

I had posted an article about ethanol a few weeks ago, but I’m not done with it yet. This issue deserves to have all the bright light of examination shown on it as possible. As much as ethanol mandates are contributing to damage being done to our economy right now; they are, perhaps […]

Cheniere Energy just announced a significant downsizing of their operations, cutting their staff by more than 50% and announcing that they are attempting to outsource their gas marketing functions. Their president, Stan Horton has departed and just this morning, the company announced it was being forced to liquidate some of its shares to meet […]

Coming out of a record year in 2007 for ETRM product sales, we’ve observed a not unexpectedly slow first quarter 2008. The first quarter for any new year is historically the slowest, as budget dollars are being spent at the end of the year and vendors are pushing prospects to get signed up in […]

Pop Quiz:
Who recently said this?
“I don’t think any consumer ought to be complaining about the price of (it) when they’re willing to pay $4 for a gallon of water.”
Was it: a) Oil Company Executive b) American Farmer c) US Senator
(…Humming the theme to Final Jeopardy….)
If you answered “a”,
WRONG! […]

It’s been a long time in the making, but our new book, Selecting and Implementing Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Software is now available on Amazon.
Here’s the link.
And again, thanks to our sponsors, Deloitte, Sapient and The Structure Group.

The Structure Group has just announced a new product for generation portfolio management. According the company, this new product, OfferManager, is an extension of nMarket and can create, analyze, and execute offers for energy and ancillary services for asset holders. It can communicate with fuels management systems and deal capture/ETRM systems via XML […]

Rome recently announced that they are making their CreditRisk product available as a web-based software subscription to small and medium sized businesses, and are calling it CreditRisk OnDemand. The solution will be hosted on Rome’s servers and offer clients the ability to upload data via Excel.
I suspect the offering will be successful, as more […]

The front page of the business section of the Houston Chronicle yesterday had a story about how many, including politicians, are calling for the re-implementation of the windfall profits tax. In the story, they quoted a representative of the Sierra Club as saying that they were certain that this being an election year, “action […]