It appears that Triple Point is continuing their acquisition streak and expanding their product reach. Despite numerous “no comments” from various places, all indications are that they will soon announce the acquisition of Rome Corp, the makers of Rome Energy, the leading credit risk management application in the energy space.
Should this rumor be correct, […]

Open Access Technology (OATI) just announced the opening of a Houston office. According to OATI, the office will provide technical, training, and sales support for the company’s Texas customers. Richard Pinion will be heading the new operation. You can see the complete press release on their website.
An interesting note in the release…”OATI serves […]

UtiliPoint recently completed its Benchmark study of ETRM users in the European Union. The report is now avalable from the UtiliPoint website - here
The management summary of the report is also available as a download from this post.

A New UtiliPoint webinar covering the content of the recently conducted European survey of ETRM users will be delivered by Dr. GM Vasey on April 26th at 11am ET. To register or for more details, please visit hhtp://www.pgsenergy.com/online/u120.html

TRM IssueAlert
Patrick ReamesVP - Energy Trading and Risk Management
Solutions and services providers in the Energy Trading and Risk Management space have been enjoying a record year in 2006. High commodity prices, combined with high volatility, have forced many energy traders/marketers to review their current systems in an effort to ensure that they are as […]

It seems the IPO went very well, raising about $25.5 million US.  They say the money will be used to “fund acquisitions, develop a green credits platform, retire outstanding debt, grow its channel partner base, target other energy-related markets, target utilities and expand its government relationships.”
 Could be very interesting.

I have to admit, I wasn’t aware of these guys…World Energy Solutions, Inc.  But, given this press release announcing their IPO, it appears they have been very successful in creating a reverse auction marketplace for industrial/retail power.  They have also started similar markets for natural gas and green-power.  They look like a company and a business model that deserves some […]

By Patrick ReamesVice President, Trading & Risk Management  
I was having a conversation the other day with an unnamed senior manager at an unnamed major producer/marketer (yes, I am purposefully being coy in order to protect the innocent here). This person was describing, in a manner I found curiously casual, the fact that he had just […]

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 […]

Posted on the ETRM Message boards here: http://etrmcommunity.com/site/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=15&forum=12#forumpost24We are using OpenLink Endur for ETRM.We have used AVS scripting to make the sytem work as we like.We are a bit insecure about the quality of the scripts, so are looking for a independant quality auditor.We exclude openlink for this assignment, any other suggestions.The goal is to […]