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EnerVision to
Present at NRECA Tech Advantage 2004
TechAdvantage 2004 is being held in conjunction with
the NRECA 62nd Annual Meeting in
New Orleans,
Louisiana,
February 12 - 16, 2004.
Darrell Powell,
Lead Consultant with EnerVision, will be presenting
"IT Strategic Planning - The Basics" on Friday,
February 13th, from
8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Darrell will also be making a presentation,
"Navigating the Puzzle of Disaster Recovery
Readiness Planning", during Tech Day - Saturday,
February 14th, from
2:45 p.m.
to 3:10 p.m. in Room 218 of the
Ernest
N.
Morial
Convention Center.
If you plan to attend the NRECA events in
New Orleans,
we encourage you to include these presentations in
your many activities and also stop by EnerVision's
booth #324 during the Expo - February 13 - 16.
Hope to see you there! |
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Is Now the
Right Time to Be in the Power Market? |
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"Buy low and sell high" is the adage for success
in the financial markets. For cooperatives
looking to make the best deal for members in the
power market, buying low is the key. If you are
shopping for capacity, it is likely you will
find that now is the time to "buy low"!
Full Story...
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Are
Cooperatives Big Enough to Shop in the Power
Market? |
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Yes, cooperatives are big enough to shop in the
power market. Some may need friends along to
get the best deals, but the market is no longer
the exclusive playground of the large buyers and
sellers. Not too long ago, the "market"
consisted primarily of 2 types of business
arrangements: 1) Transactions between larger
utilities - who owned generation; and
2) Transactions between larger utilities and
the smaller utilities - including cooperatives,
municipals, and smaller investor-owneds - that
were physically within the geographic area
controlled by the larger utilities.
Full Story
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Are You
Getting the Most from Your Load Management
System? |
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Is your load management system delivering
maximum benefits for your cooperative? With the
increasing costs of natural gas and the renewed
emphasis on demand-side management, electric
cooperatives are taking a hard look at load
management as an asset for better controlling
power costs and mitigating risks in the
wholesale power markets. Even if a cooperative
has low capacity costs in the power market due
to current market conditions, maintenance and
restoration of an existing load management
system are often justifiable based on energy
prices (due to higher gas prices) and market
risk reduction.
Full Story
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EnerVision
Develops IT Security Handbook for Electric
Cooperatives |
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Have your computer systems been infected by any
of the recent viruses? Have you been getting
more junk mail, commonly called Spam, in your
In-Box lately? Are any of your computers
connected to the Internet? Is your SCADA system
integrated with your computer network? If you
answered yes to ANY of these questions, one of
your most valuable assets, your company's
computer network may not be secure and could be
vulnerable to attacks from unauthorized users.
According to government statistics, the number
of attacks on computer systems have increased
tenfold over the last four years.
Full Story
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February 2004
