UtiliPoint® International, Inc. (UtiliPoint) today announced the launch of CommodityPoint, a new global division focused on providing Commodity Trading & Risk Management (CTRM) research, analysis and consulting services. CommodityPoint's services are designed to provide insight into business issues, trends, processes and technology; enabling energy companies, banks, brokers, funds, investors, utilities, and vendors to enhance their […]

As we put 2008 behind us and look forward to better times in 2009, I thought I’d point out a few companies that I’ve visited with over the last year that have either 1) have been around a while, but have kept below the radar or 2) are just now emerging onto the market. […]

SunGard Energy just issued a press release identifying TaTa Power Co, Ltd. as the new India based deal that I mentioned a couple of weeks ago.
From the press release…
Tata Power Trading Company Limited (Tata Power Trading), part of theTata Group of companies, […]

Triple Point just announced a couple of new European deals, Nidera and SOCAR. Additionally, there is another that was just signed, but is yet to be announced.
Gary Vasey, over at the UtiliPoint Europe Blog, looks at the new activity in some detail.

I recently had the opportunity to spend some time with Alan Gunn, Kiodex’s SVP of Sales. As many of you may know, Kiodex, now owned by SunGard, has its roots in the energy commodity space and continues to close business there. However, the company really took off when the banks, hedge funds, and […]

An UtiliPoint IssueAlert
By Patrick ReamesVice President, Trading & Risk Management
When energy trading and risk management (ETRM) software first appeared in the post FERC 636 era, the applications were built around the best available technologies of the day--client server architectures, relational databases and Visual Basic or PowerBuilder front ends. These applications were suitable for the […]

There have been rumors in the market recently that ConocoPhillips had signed a significant new contract with Triple Point. I had the chance to talk with Peter Armstrong, Triple Point’s president and CEO, recently and he confirmed the rumors with the following statement, "ConocoPhillips, a long-time customer of Triple Point, has just licensed additional […]

To borrow a visual from my one of my more exciting experiences as a truck driver in the oil fields, ERCOT’s Nodal restructuring project has slid off the road and landed firmly in the ditch with the dirty side up and the wheels spinning.
In a press release sent out the day before Thanksgiving, ERCOT said, […]

Note: Here’s a sneak preview of an upcoming announcement about a new website we’re launching. We are continuing to enhance and refine the listings, so if your company is not listed and you think it should be, or if you have any other feedback, just drop me or Gary Vasey an email, or […]

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2008 North American ETRM Market Analysis and Sizing ReportThis study provides the […]