The growth of the Plug-In Electric Vehicles (PEV) is creating an opportunity for forward-thinking utilities to leverage their size and scale and deploy PEV charging infrastructure to support load growth, extend customer engagement, and grow the PEV market. This presentation is designed to help utilities who are considering the expansion of their current electric transportation program to include more PEV infrastructure and those who are considering the initial launch of their PEV program. Key program criteria and design considerations are presented to help encourage the thoughtful planning and design of a PEV infrastructure program that will help your utility capitalize on the growing PEV market.
This report focuses on natural gas distribution businesses and/or executives contemplating adding natural gas distribution businesses to their current business portfolio. To assist executives assessing strategic direction, we performed in-depth analyses of strategic focus, resulting return on equity (ROE), and shareholder return across the natural gas distribution companies.
Here, we review our analysis and examination of a panel of 10 natural gas distribution companies to show the relationship between strategic direction and resulting performance, both internal performance metrics and attendant shareholder return.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
This report discusses the current business and regulatory environment that is resulting in the increased use of innovative ratemaking techniques, including the consideration by some utilities and jurisdictions of a multiyear rate plan (MYRP) filing. It also provides an overview of the different MYRP approaches being utilized, including case studies in selected states and key takeaways from each approach, and summarizes future trends regarding the use of MYRP filings.
Given the myriad challenges faced by the industry today, natural gas local distribution companies can benefit from assessing business performance through benchmarking to help identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities. ScottMadden has a low-cost approach to providing this information to its clients, as described in our Natural Gas Benchmarking document. The objective of this review is to provide high-level financial and operating comparisons that will help company management identify potential opportunities for improvement.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
California’s Combined Cycle Costs in the Age of the Duck CurveScottMadden, Inc.
During the 69th Annual AREGC Conference, Quentin Watkins, manager at ScottMadden, discussed regional considerations of renewable penetration impacts on combined cycle non-fuel O&M costs. This presentation reviews California's combined cycle costs in the age of the duck curve. To learn more, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
EEI Strategic Issues Forum - Integration of DER: California and New YorkScottMadden, Inc.
Cristin Lyons, partner and grid transformation practice leader at ScottMadden, recently presented, "Integration of DER: California and New York," at the EEI Strategic Issues Form.
California and New York are leading the country in integrating Distributed Energy Resources (DER); however, their approaches are different. It’s worth understanding some of the nuances of their respective proceedings and to clarify what they are (and are not) trying to accomplish. Each will provide unique lessons to both utilities and regulators that are attempting to integrate ever-increasing amounts of DER.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
Community Solar: Overview of an Emerging Growth MarketScottMadden, Inc.
Community solar is a rapidly emerging model that combines the value of direct customer “ownership” of rooftop solar with the flexibility and economic advantages of utility-scale solar. Successfully implementing a community solar program is not simple and requires a coordinated approach to successfully enter the market. ScottMadden has assisted clients directly with the development and evaluation of community and rooftop solar programs. Our deep understanding of utility businesses has helped us assist in implementing new technologies for utilities from rooftop solar to electric vehicles. Download this report or visit www.scottmadden.com to learn more about the community solar market and our capabilities to help.
Overview of Utility Challenges and Responses to Distributed Solar EnergyScottMadden, Inc.
Utility planning is changing with the rapid growth of distributed solar in certain markets. Over the long term, market fundamentals favor the continued growth of distributed solar energy. This will access business and operational challenges for utilities. This insight outlines strategies utilities can deploy to successfully incorporate distributed solar energy into their business model or generation portfolio.
Major Trends in the Large Power Generation Equipment MarketScottMadden, Inc.
The U.S. electric generating fleet has been undergoing major transformations driven by regulatory policy, generation costs, renewables, technology developments, and customer expectations. Because of this transition, traditional planning and operating processes have all been shaken up, and require generation companies to think and act differently. Here we will survey the current landscape of electric generation, and examine how these key transformations are forcing changes. This presentation, provided at the EUCI Negotiation and Purchasing Strategies for Gas-Fired Power Generation Equipment Conference, reviews the energy sector, baseload retirements, and the ‘new normal' for baseload generation in the U.S. For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
This report focuses on natural gas distribution businesses and/or executives contemplating adding natural gas distribution businesses to their current business portfolio. To assist executives assessing strategic direction, we performed in-depth analyses of strategic focus, resulting return on equity (ROE), and shareholder return across the natural gas distribution companies.
Here, we review our analysis and examination of a panel of 10 natural gas distribution companies to show the relationship between strategic direction and resulting performance, both internal performance metrics and attendant shareholder return.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
This report discusses the current business and regulatory environment that is resulting in the increased use of innovative ratemaking techniques, including the consideration by some utilities and jurisdictions of a multiyear rate plan (MYRP) filing. It also provides an overview of the different MYRP approaches being utilized, including case studies in selected states and key takeaways from each approach, and summarizes future trends regarding the use of MYRP filings.
Given the myriad challenges faced by the industry today, natural gas local distribution companies can benefit from assessing business performance through benchmarking to help identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities. ScottMadden has a low-cost approach to providing this information to its clients, as described in our Natural Gas Benchmarking document. The objective of this review is to provide high-level financial and operating comparisons that will help company management identify potential opportunities for improvement.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
California’s Combined Cycle Costs in the Age of the Duck CurveScottMadden, Inc.
During the 69th Annual AREGC Conference, Quentin Watkins, manager at ScottMadden, discussed regional considerations of renewable penetration impacts on combined cycle non-fuel O&M costs. This presentation reviews California's combined cycle costs in the age of the duck curve. To learn more, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
EEI Strategic Issues Forum - Integration of DER: California and New YorkScottMadden, Inc.
Cristin Lyons, partner and grid transformation practice leader at ScottMadden, recently presented, "Integration of DER: California and New York," at the EEI Strategic Issues Form.
California and New York are leading the country in integrating Distributed Energy Resources (DER); however, their approaches are different. It’s worth understanding some of the nuances of their respective proceedings and to clarify what they are (and are not) trying to accomplish. Each will provide unique lessons to both utilities and regulators that are attempting to integrate ever-increasing amounts of DER.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
Community Solar: Overview of an Emerging Growth MarketScottMadden, Inc.
Community solar is a rapidly emerging model that combines the value of direct customer “ownership” of rooftop solar with the flexibility and economic advantages of utility-scale solar. Successfully implementing a community solar program is not simple and requires a coordinated approach to successfully enter the market. ScottMadden has assisted clients directly with the development and evaluation of community and rooftop solar programs. Our deep understanding of utility businesses has helped us assist in implementing new technologies for utilities from rooftop solar to electric vehicles. Download this report or visit www.scottmadden.com to learn more about the community solar market and our capabilities to help.
Overview of Utility Challenges and Responses to Distributed Solar EnergyScottMadden, Inc.
Utility planning is changing with the rapid growth of distributed solar in certain markets. Over the long term, market fundamentals favor the continued growth of distributed solar energy. This will access business and operational challenges for utilities. This insight outlines strategies utilities can deploy to successfully incorporate distributed solar energy into their business model or generation portfolio.
Major Trends in the Large Power Generation Equipment MarketScottMadden, Inc.
The U.S. electric generating fleet has been undergoing major transformations driven by regulatory policy, generation costs, renewables, technology developments, and customer expectations. Because of this transition, traditional planning and operating processes have all been shaken up, and require generation companies to think and act differently. Here we will survey the current landscape of electric generation, and examine how these key transformations are forcing changes. This presentation, provided at the EUCI Negotiation and Purchasing Strategies for Gas-Fired Power Generation Equipment Conference, reviews the energy sector, baseload retirements, and the ‘new normal' for baseload generation in the U.S. For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmark Highlights 2020ScottMadden, Inc.
ScottMadden has joined forces with American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), a benchmarking and best practices research organization, to conduct the fifth cycle of the Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Study. This study covers both trends and benchmarks, and is focused on the shared services delivery model. Topics covered include the delivery model, staffing and performance, technology, and scope of services. For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
By leveraging more than 30 years of energy expertise, ScottMadden has developed an approach to help clients implement cybersecurity programs that target enterprise risks and demonstrate tangible evidence of improving cybersecurity capabilities. This approach engages business stakeholders to answer the following strategic questions:
1. What are our biggest enterprise cybersecurity risks?
2. What is the appropriate response to these risks?
3. How will success be measured?
4. How will we get there?
We align with energy sector guidance to meet industry expectations, and we integrate with enterprise governance to direct and monitor implementation progress, ongoing performance, and assurance.
This report highlights ScottMadden’s approach to strategic cybersecurity.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
The internet has enabled different delivery models for business software, such as Software as a Service (SaaS). The emergence of this model has led to an important decision for many companies: whether to “buy” on-premise software or “rent” their technologies through a SaaS vendor.
Designing a Program that Increases Your Intelligent Automation “Velocity”ScottMadden, Inc.
During the recent Intelligent Automation Week event, ScottMadden shared how to design a program that increases your intelligent automation "velocity." The following presentation details key considerations as you move through the process. For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
This document contains the highlights of a presentation made at the EEI Fall Accounting Conference in Miami, Florida on November 15, 2017.
The presentation entitled, “Effective Rate Case Management,” discussed: How the current regulatory landscape is impacting rate cases, how you can improve regulatory outcomes, and how to plan and manage a successful case – lessons learned.
For additional information, please contact us at www.scottmadden.com.
ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmark Highlights 2016ScottMadden, Inc.
ScottMadden and American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), a benchmarking and best practices research organization, recently joined forces to conduct the second cycle of a unique benchmark study focused exclusively on finance Shared Services Organizations (SSOs). For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
Combined cycle plants may have fewer moving parts than coal plants, but that does not mean that their operations are any easier to analyze. Relatively limited operating experience and sparse data allow beliefs to take root—some well-founded and others less so. This report takes a quick look at three such beliefs and offers some tantalizing, although preliminary, observations on these questions:
Do higher capacity factors really result in lower non-fuel costs?
Do older units that start more frequently have higher non-fuel costs?
Do merchant operators do a better job of cost containment compared to rate base operators?
Larsen & Toubro - Outthink 2017 (Strategy Case Competition) - Grand FinaleAnupreet Choudhary
As Sanjay Sharma (Strategy Consultant from Corn & Cherry, Abu Dhabi), we were asked to make a presentation to Corn & Cherry panel. We had to make a 10 slide presentation highlighting the 10-year strategic roadmap for LTHE (referred as DGHE in the case).
As Sanjay Sharma (Strategy Consultant from Corn & Cherry, Abu Dhabi), we were asked to make a presentation to Prof. Charles (Strategy Professors) – as a mock‐up of our meeting with the Corn & Cherry panel. We had to make a 10‐15 slide presentation highlighting key assumptions, references to data and key conclusions. We were asked to answer following questions:
1. Analysis of DGHE’s competitive position using SWOT, BCG matrix and/or Porter’s 5‐forces model to outline DGHE strategy.
2. Devise a model to select a region of exploration (from Appendix 4)? How does DGHE planets arena (market) for projects? Using a PESTLE analysis for Oil & Gas, recommend countries of choice where DGHE must continue operations, penetrate etc.
3. What is the value and contribution of D & G Hydrocarbon Engineering (DGHE) inD&G’s portfolio? Is there an impact from D&G’s corporate strategy on DGHE’s competitive advantage?
PwC Presents Stock Compensation Survey Results, Trends, and Accounting Challe...Proformative, Inc.
Video & Slides: http://www.proformative.com/events/pwc-presents-stock-compensation-survey-results-trends-accounting-challenges
Join Proformative and PwC for a one-hour webinar intended to keep you informed on hot topics and recent survey data specifically focused on equity compensation. By learning more about current issues and trends, you can assess the implications on your accounting and financial reporting today and plan for the impact tomorrow.
ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmark Highlights 2020ScottMadden, Inc.
ScottMadden has joined forces with American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), a benchmarking and best practices research organization, to conduct the fifth cycle of the Finance Shared Services Benchmarking Study. This study covers both trends and benchmarks, and is focused on the shared services delivery model. Topics covered include the delivery model, staffing and performance, technology, and scope of services. For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
By leveraging more than 30 years of energy expertise, ScottMadden has developed an approach to help clients implement cybersecurity programs that target enterprise risks and demonstrate tangible evidence of improving cybersecurity capabilities. This approach engages business stakeholders to answer the following strategic questions:
1. What are our biggest enterprise cybersecurity risks?
2. What is the appropriate response to these risks?
3. How will success be measured?
4. How will we get there?
We align with energy sector guidance to meet industry expectations, and we integrate with enterprise governance to direct and monitor implementation progress, ongoing performance, and assurance.
This report highlights ScottMadden’s approach to strategic cybersecurity.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
The internet has enabled different delivery models for business software, such as Software as a Service (SaaS). The emergence of this model has led to an important decision for many companies: whether to “buy” on-premise software or “rent” their technologies through a SaaS vendor.
Designing a Program that Increases Your Intelligent Automation “Velocity”ScottMadden, Inc.
During the recent Intelligent Automation Week event, ScottMadden shared how to design a program that increases your intelligent automation "velocity." The following presentation details key considerations as you move through the process. For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
This document contains the highlights of a presentation made at the EEI Fall Accounting Conference in Miami, Florida on November 15, 2017.
The presentation entitled, “Effective Rate Case Management,” discussed: How the current regulatory landscape is impacting rate cases, how you can improve regulatory outcomes, and how to plan and manage a successful case – lessons learned.
For additional information, please contact us at www.scottmadden.com.
ScottMadden Finance Shared Services Benchmark Highlights 2016ScottMadden, Inc.
ScottMadden and American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), a benchmarking and best practices research organization, recently joined forces to conduct the second cycle of a unique benchmark study focused exclusively on finance Shared Services Organizations (SSOs). For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
Combined cycle plants may have fewer moving parts than coal plants, but that does not mean that their operations are any easier to analyze. Relatively limited operating experience and sparse data allow beliefs to take root—some well-founded and others less so. This report takes a quick look at three such beliefs and offers some tantalizing, although preliminary, observations on these questions:
Do higher capacity factors really result in lower non-fuel costs?
Do older units that start more frequently have higher non-fuel costs?
Do merchant operators do a better job of cost containment compared to rate base operators?
Larsen & Toubro - Outthink 2017 (Strategy Case Competition) - Grand FinaleAnupreet Choudhary
As Sanjay Sharma (Strategy Consultant from Corn & Cherry, Abu Dhabi), we were asked to make a presentation to Corn & Cherry panel. We had to make a 10 slide presentation highlighting the 10-year strategic roadmap for LTHE (referred as DGHE in the case).
As Sanjay Sharma (Strategy Consultant from Corn & Cherry, Abu Dhabi), we were asked to make a presentation to Prof. Charles (Strategy Professors) – as a mock‐up of our meeting with the Corn & Cherry panel. We had to make a 10‐15 slide presentation highlighting key assumptions, references to data and key conclusions. We were asked to answer following questions:
1. Analysis of DGHE’s competitive position using SWOT, BCG matrix and/or Porter’s 5‐forces model to outline DGHE strategy.
2. Devise a model to select a region of exploration (from Appendix 4)? How does DGHE planets arena (market) for projects? Using a PESTLE analysis for Oil & Gas, recommend countries of choice where DGHE must continue operations, penetrate etc.
3. What is the value and contribution of D & G Hydrocarbon Engineering (DGHE) inD&G’s portfolio? Is there an impact from D&G’s corporate strategy on DGHE’s competitive advantage?
PwC Presents Stock Compensation Survey Results, Trends, and Accounting Challe...Proformative, Inc.
Video & Slides: http://www.proformative.com/events/pwc-presents-stock-compensation-survey-results-trends-accounting-challenges
Join Proformative and PwC for a one-hour webinar intended to keep you informed on hot topics and recent survey data specifically focused on equity compensation. By learning more about current issues and trends, you can assess the implications on your accounting and financial reporting today and plan for the impact tomorrow.
Patricia Taylor, Sr. Manager of Regulatory Policy and Business Programs at the American Public Power Institute, Thor Hinckley, Sr. Program Manager at Forth and Connor Herman, Program Manager at Forth gave this presentation at the Utility Working Group webinar on March 17, 2020.
On May 15, 2019 over 80 people gathered in Moorhead, MN to learn about electric vehicle (EV) use and infrastructure and how it's growing in the region.
Energy Storage North America 2014: Realizing Vehicle Grid Integration: Key T...Paul Stith
Paul Stith - Director, Business Development & Regulatory Affairs @ EV Grid - Realizing Vehicle Grid Integration: Key Technical and Policy Issues.
Using Electric Vehicles as a grid resource. Project summaries, education, policy and technical challenges / opportunities.
How an Electric Vehicle can be a potential threat to CNG. What is Govt Initiative that is a boon to the electric vehicle industry are discussed & how various stakeholders are showing their interest in EV.
This presentation was prepared for the Energy Action Network’s Vermont Energy Future Initiative. Dave Roberts of VEIC was the lead for compiling this research and presentation. Additional assistance was provided by Karen Glitman (EAN Sr. Fellow), Linda McGinnis (EAN Sr. Fellow), Jennifer Wallace Brodeur (VEIC), Philip Picotte (VEIC), Sarah Wolfe (EAN Staff), and Jared Duval (EAN Staff).
CALSTART Fuels Program Manager, Dr Jasna Tomic, presented on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology at Plug-In 2009, Long Beach, CA "Plug-in Vehicles as Sources of Power"
Beaverton Living Greener Electric Vehicle Roadmap. Presented April 10th, 2010 at Beaverton Oregon City Hall.
Presented by:
George K Beard
Executive Leadership Institute
Hatfield School of Government
See the 27 minute video of the presentation here:
http://tinyurl.com/y6k3c9s
California Energy Commission: (Preparing for Bi-Directional EV Energy Future)...Paul Stith
EV Grid participates in a number of Vehicle Grid Integration projects including V2G and Battery 2nd Life that optimize the value of electric vehicle batteries to EV owners, the utility grid and provide compounded GHG savings.
This presentation provides and update to the Commission on two such projects: University of Delaware Grid-on-Wheels demonstration and Clinton Global Initiative - V2G School Buses.
"The Growing Movement To Electrify Everything"– presentation by Nick Nigro of Atlas Public Policy for Regional Conference for Sustainable Development 2019.
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Creating IT Value-A Better Way to Make IT Investment DecisionsScottMadden, Inc.
All IT organizations are resource constrained—demand exceeds supply. Organizations need criteria to decide which projects warrant allocation of high-value constrained resources. This is the second in a series on maximizing IT investment value.
Given the myriad challenges faced by the industry today, natural gas local distribution companies can benefit from assessing business performance through benchmarking to help identify performance gaps and improvement opportunities. ScottMadden has a low-cost approach to providing this information to its clients, as described in our Natural Gas Benchmarking document. The objective of this review is to provide high-level financial and operating comparisons that will help company management identify potential opportunities for improvement.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
With ever increasing performance pressures on fossil units, operators will be required to do more with less. In the face of these challenges and myriad others, benchmarking is a critically important tool. This report outlines ScottMadden’s approach to fossil fleet benchmarking, which provides operators with the analytics needed to succeed.
Overcoming the Challenges of Large Capital Programs/ProjectsScottMadden, Inc.
Effective capital program/project delivery is a critical competency for any electric utility to achieve high performance. However, project scope creep, schedule delays, and cost increases have become the rule rather than the exception. Over the past 10 years, the electric utility industry has seen large demands on its projects and construction management organizations to ensure compliance with a number of concerns. Large capital programs/projects come with a variety of complicated planning, implementation, and workforce/vendor management challenges. Using EPU projects as an example, we will provide you with ways to overcome these challenges for any large capital program/project. This article can help you successfully plan, deliver, and control/monitor your large capital program/project.
ScottMadden HR Shared Services Benchmarking Study Highlights 2019ScottMadden, Inc.
ScottMadden has joined forces with American Productivity & Quality Center (APQC), a benchmarking and best practices research organization, to conduct the sixth cycle of the HR Shared Services (HRSS) Benchmarking Study. This study identifies gaps in HR SS benchmarking data specific to service center and center of expertise (CoE) staffing and performance metrics, targeting HRSS organizations with a service center and CoEs. For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
With ever increasing performance pressures on fossil units, operators will be required to do more with less. In the face of these challenges and myriad others, benchmarking is a critically important tool. This report outlines ScottMadden’s approach to fossil fleet benchmarking, which provides operators with the analytics needed to succeed.
The ScottMadden Energy Industry Update Webcast: Everything Counts ... In Larg...ScottMadden, Inc.
This webcast is based on ScottMadden’s Fall 2019 Energy Industry Update, a semi-annual publication featuring inside views of recent significant events, emerging trends, and original analysis. This webcast provides a great opportunity to take a step back and consider what is happening, what it means, and where our industry is headed.
During this webcast replay, ScottMadden’s energy experts share their views and field questions related to the potential loss of carbon-free generation and its implications, the growing belly of the duck curve, and opportunities for the Western Energy Imbalance Market.
To learn more, visit www.scottmadden.com.
ScottMadden's Energy Industry Update for the 2019 Utility Supply Chain Confer...ScottMadden, Inc.
As economic growth continues, and policies are increasingly driven by state and regional issues, utilities are placing bets, with large investments, on various growth strategies. They continue to face opposition and challenges from various stakeholders with disparate interests. Energy and utility companies will try to thread the needle of developing and upgrading much needed infrastructure, while satisfying those interests.
During the 2019 Utility Supply Chain Conference, Cristin Lyons reviewed the latest Energy Industry Update and shared key highlights for topics including:
- Electrification: A summary of increased electrification activities (ie: transportation/space heating) being promoted by electric industry stakeholders, and electrification’s pros and cons
- Wholesale energy infrastructure development: A discussion of proposed gas and power transmission projects, potential regulatory changes, and surrounding issues/implications
- Grid modernization: Noteworthy efforts around the nation, including both the programs and the common themes.
Learn more at www.scottmadden.com.
Energy Industry Update Webcast: Don't Stop Believin'ScottMadden, Inc.
To coincide with the release of the latest Energy Industry Update, ScottMadden joined forces with Energy Central to present an interactive webinar, “ScottMadden’s Energy Industry Update: Don’t Stop Believin’.” During this session, our industry experts shared their views and fielded questions related to grid modernization efforts around the nation, evolving federal policy toward wholesale energy infrastructure development, and opportunities for and possible trade-offs with increased electrification.
Technology is a key enabler for achieving the synergies and savings associated with a shared services delivery model and are important tools for running an HR service center. This is the second session in an HR Shared Services learning series that ScottMadden presented in conjunction with SSON. In this session, we reviewed a range of HR technologies to consider as you plan your shared services operation. We discuss the key functions of different types of technologies, important requirements and tips for evaluating different solutions, and guidelines for estimating technology costs.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
A solid business case provides the foundation for implementing a successful shared services organization. This is the first session in an HR Shared Services learning series that ScottMadden presented in conjunction with SSON. In this session, we covered the elements of a good business case including examining current costs, projecting costs and savings based on your future design, and conducting sensitivity analysis to understand possible outcomes. This presentation provides detailed guidelines and lessons learned for developing a sound business case.
For more information, please visit www.scottmadden.com.
Fundamentals of Designing, Building, & Implementing a Service Delivery CenterScottMadden, Inc.
ScottMadden recently partnered with APQC for a complimentary three-part webinar series focused on shared services.
This webinar session focused on the essential activities to plan, launch, and stabilize a new shared services operation including: critical success factors for your business case, top 10 implementation challenges, and three keys to post-launch success.
ScottMadden recently partnered with APQC for a complimentary three-part webinar series focused on shared services.
This webinar session, presented by Brad DeMent and Jerred Crosby, partners at ScottMadden, addressed employee engagement, continuous improvement, new service offerings, and expanding the scope of operations.
Over the last ten years, the U.S. nuclear industry has seen large demands on its capital project/major modification organizations with the mandate to ensure compliance for a number of concerns. As the nuclear fleet continues to age, projects like these will continue to surface, representing large capital exposure for nuclear power plants. For that reason, successful execution of capital projects has never been more important. ScottMadden believes it is critical to ensure the capital projects organization and its projects are structured and organized with clear roles and responsibilities, disciplined in the execution of policies and procedures, and systematic about informing senior leadership of the likelihood and potential costs of project risks.
Success of your capital program depends on the ability to manage a portfolio of projects well and the ability to execute each project’s required actions on time, on budget, and with quality. ScottMadden’s Capital Program Assessment examines how the capital program is implemented—from top to bottom—with a look at the PMO, a specific project selected by our client, and a review of the performance reporting and tools in place. Our approach analyzes these critical areas to provide a detailed assessment of your capital program with actionable recommendations.
Generation Trends: What are the Impacts on Transmission? ScottMadden, Inc.
Todd Williams, partner at ScottMadden, recently presented “Generation Trends – What Are the Impacts on Transmission?” at the fourth annual Transmission Summit West. This presentation focused on how natural gas prices, carbon legislation, and renewable generation sources will drive the need for transmission infrastructure investment.
Overcoming the Challenges of Large Capital Programs/ProjectsScottMadden, Inc.
Effective capital program/project delivery is a critical competency for any electric utility to achieve high performance. However, project scope creep, schedule delays, and cost increases have become the rule rather than the exception. Over the past 10 years, the electric utility industry has seen large demands on its projects and construction management organizations to ensure compliance with a number of concerns. Large capital programs/projects come with a variety of complicated planning, implementation, and workforce/vendor management challenges. Using EPU projects as an example, we will provide you with ways to overcome these challenges for any large capital program/project. This article can help you successfully plan, deliver, and control/monitor your large capital program/project.
ScottMadden can help you successfully plan, deliver, and control/monitor your large capital program/project. Contact us to discuss any questions you may have.
ScottMadden’s Capital Program Assessment examines how the capital program is implemented with a look at the PMO and a review of the performance reporting and tools in place.
Customer satisfaction is a critical measure of success for all shared services organizations. This is the fifth session of a HR Shared Services learning series that ScottMadden is presenting in conjunction with Shared Services and Outsourcing Network (SSON). Part five covers approaches and techniques for measuring satisfaction and we describe key dimensions of satisfaction. The presentation includes trends in customer satisfaction data from ScottMadden’s shared services customer surveys ranging from baseline surveys conducted pre-launch to on-going surveys for mature shared services organizations.
Technology is a key enabler for achieving the synergies and savings associated with a shared services delivery model and are important tools for running an HR service center. This is the second session in an HR Shared Services learning series that ScottMadden is presenting in conjunction with SSON. In this session, we review a range of HR technologies to consider as you plan your shared services operation. We discuss the key functions of different types of technologies, important requirements and tips for evaluating different solutions, and guidelines for estimating technology costs.
Successful scope expansion for an existing shared services operation requires careful planning. Scope expansion can take a number of forms such as new services, new customer groups, and new geographies. “Shared Service Expansion” is the fourth session of a HR Shared Services learning series that ScottMadden is presenting along with Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON). In this session, we cover an approach for planning expansion and keys to adding scope while balancing the demands of your current shared services operation.
The HR business partner is the most critical, yet frequently ignored role in the move to HR shared services. Much attention is given to new roles created by a shared services model while little attention is given to how the business partner role must change with the new model. This is the third session of a HR Shared Services learning series that ScottMadden is presenting in conjunction with Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON). In this session, we discuss the important evolution of the business partner role and the skills and competencies needed to effectively support the business.
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Andreas Schleicher presents at the OECD webinar ‘Digital devices in schools: detrimental distraction or secret to success?’ on 27 May 2024. The presentation was based on findings from PISA 2022 results and the webinar helped launch the PISA in Focus ‘Managing screen time: How to protect and equip students against distraction’ https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/education/managing-screen-time_7c225af4-en and the OECD Education Policy Perspective ‘Students, digital devices and success’ can be found here - https://oe.cd/il/5yV
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The Roman Empire, a vast and enduring power, stands as one of history's most remarkable civilizations, leaving an indelible imprint on the world. It emerged from the Roman Republic, transitioning into an imperial powerhouse under the leadership of Augustus Caesar in 27 BCE. This transformation marked the beginning of an era defined by unprecedented territorial expansion, architectural marvels, and profound cultural influence.
The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
Roman architecture and engineering achievements were monumental. They perfected the arch, vault, and dome, constructing enduring structures like the Colosseum, Pantheon, and aqueducts. These engineering marvels not only showcased Roman ingenuity but also served practical purposes, from public entertainment to water supply.
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