In response to legislative mandates andincreasing public concern over utility planningand conservation efforts, the Public Utility Commissionof Texas (PUCT) has sought to establish acomprehensive strategic planning program designedto provide an enhanced understanding of thestate's electric power...

Offshore outsourcing continues to gain prominence as the printing industrystrides into the future. With different segments of the industry looking at reducingcosts and, in exchange providing value-added services, more companies turntowards outsourcing services offshore as a solution. Although it...

1. Introduction2. Problem Background3. Privatization and regulation for Distribution network and case of privatization4. Economic and Demand Growth5. Technical and Commercial Losses6. Global Finance for investments in Electricity Distribution7. Distribution technologies and infrastructure8....

This article documents seasonal patterns and other characteristics of electricity spot prices in the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM), over a 7-year sample period. The goal is to investigate more specifically the influence of seasonalities and outliers noted in the body of literature...

Die vorliegende Arbeit beinhaltet im deskriptiven Teil Erläuterungen der wesentlichen netzentgeltrelevanten Regulierungskonzepte, eine Aufarbeitung der Marktgegebenheiten sowie eine ausführliche Beschreibung der deutschen Anreizregulierung von Energieversorgungsnetzen. Regulierte Erlöse...

Accountable Care Organizations are developing in the United States as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A study is needed to evaluate an emerging issue of ACOs, quality improvement infrastructure, and the pharmaceutical industry. The convergence of these topics has not...

Corporate restructuring is normally analyzed with reference to economic imperatives and the inherited geographical structure of production. The economic landscape is assumed to be the consequence of private decisions made in response to these structural factors. If understanding and empirically...