UtiliPoint International is conducting research to examine the impacts of the recent and ongoing market shifts on companies participating in evolving commodity markets, particularly as they apply to the physical players in the market. Additionally, we’re looking at the impacts to the ETRM/CTRM software used to manage transactions in this volatile environment.
Based upon […]

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Patrick ReamesVP - Energy Trading and Risk Management
"Real Time" trading has always been viewed as the ultimate goal for commodity trading organizations.  The appeal is obvious; if you know your true and correct position at any given moment, you can judge the value of any bid or offer against that position allowing you to execute […]

I’m interested in finding as many systems / solutions as possible that act as front ends for trading exchanges such as ICE and NGX.
If any one has any insights please drop me a line at abruce@utilipoint.com or call me at 281-681-8073

Gas Traders Can Ease the Cost and Complexities of Managing Transactions On Multiple Pipelines
- By Andrew Bruce

Originally published on UtiliPoint’s site
Despite continued supply and price volatility, natural gas will remain the favored fuel for the foreseeable future, with domestic production peeking at about 21.6 Tcf in 2019 according […]

By Dr. Gary Vasey

Recently, UtiliPoint announced a three-part set of studies looking closer at ETRM software in North America. The Market Sizing study has now been completed and the report will be issued next week. Using both a proprietary top-down and bottom-up approach UtiliPoint estimates the size of the market for ETRM software licenses in […]

As part of the initiative to provide insights into trends and events in the energy industry UtiliPoint continues to interview executives to gain additional understanding of trends and events. Recently we spoke with Mark Radtke of WPS Energy Services about their move into the ERCOT market. The reason this caught my attention was […]

In this article in the San Diego Uninion-Tribune the case is made for selling off Sempra’s Trading division because it is holding back the companies’ share price.
Sempra Energy Chief Executive Donald Felsinger says the company’s profitable commodity trading unit could be put up for sale as early as 2008.
Despite the unit’s 29 consecutive quarters of […]

From time to time UtiliPoint publishes articles written by industry professionals on subjects of interest.  This article was written by John Ruddy of Knightsbridge Solutions, and offers an interesting view on Straight Through Processing.
By John Ruddy
Straight through processing (STP) makes an attractive pitch: Gain remarkable speed and accuracy in trades, slash operating costs, and minimize […]

I ran across Nechama Lieber from GigaSpaces recently and they have an interesting solution that may be able to scale your existing infrastructure.  They have partnered with Sun recently on an initiative specifically aimed at trading organizations.  The headline of the announcement is as follows:
GigaSpaces Collaborates with Sun for Sun’s Next-Generation Trading Initiative

GigaSpaces delivers software […]

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