electricity
RSS electricityMPLampS: Electricity over IP (with an MPLS Control Plane)
White Paper Mostly Pointless Lamp Switching (MPLampS) is an architecture for carrying electricity over IP (with an MPLS control plane). According to our marketing department, MPLampS has the potential to dramatically lower the... [25 Feb 2004]
Electricity regulator calls for trading system overhaul
News The electricity regulator, Offer, has called for an end to the traditional electricity pool - the method by which the power companies sell excess production. Such a move would open up the... [30 Jul 1998]
Electricity Distributor ETSA Utilities, Simplifies Connections With SAP NetWeaver
White Paper ETSA Utilities wanted to simplify the request process for new connections, metering changes, service alterations, system augmentation or permanent removal of electricity supply and reduce turn around time and handling... [20 Feb 2008]
Electricity Swap Shop for Noxious Gases
News European electricity producers are going online to trade greenhouse gas emission permits, as countries struggle to meet global pollution limits. The scheme, organised by the European Association of... [13 Jul 1999]
Electricity associations call for IT overhaul
News The recent price hikes in the UK's electricity trading pool have reinforced the need for an overhaul of IT systems, leading electricity associations claimed yesterday. Following a report by power... [21 Jul 1999]
Electricity firms warned for slack billing
News UK customers who change their electricity supplier are not getting the correct bills according to the National Electricity Consumers Council (NECC). A report by the agency said... [22 Apr 1999]
BT turns to the sun, sea and wind for electricity
News BT will switch to environmentally friendly energy sources to meet most of its UK electricity needs through deals with npower and British Gas worth "hundreds of millions" of pounds. BT claims it will cut its carbon... [14 Oct 2004]
Northern Ireland Electricity expands call centre
News Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) is to expand its customer call centres in Omagh and Ballymena, as part of a £12m investment in its customer service systems. It will hire an additional 30 agents and make improvements... [05 Aug 1999]
Virtualisation helps teachers slash electricity bill
Case Study The Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) has reduced the number of servers it needs - and slashed the electricity bill for its server room by three-quarters by using virtualisation software. The ATL has so far... [26 Mar 2007]
Vattenfall AB Revitalizes Electricity Trade and Decreases Expenses by 75%
White Paper Vattenfall AB wanted to improve performance and stability of business-critical Web-based electricity trade applications and streamline and improve risk management in the electricity trade and portfolio... [09 Feb 2008]
Powerkey users still without electricity after Y2K failure
News On Saturday, London Electricity began handing out new Powerkeys through its 550 agents in the capital. A spokesman for London Electricity said the last 200 customers should have power restored by tonight. [05 Aug 1999]
London Electricity moves into telecoms
News London Electricity is offering telecoms services to its 1.8 million customers, through a partnership with ACC Telecom. The move comes on the eve of the deregulation of the electricity industry, and is an... [07 Jul 1998]
Cap Gemini models electricity industry
News The OM London Exchange and Cap Gemini have unveiled a simulator designed to model the electricity industry following the review of Electricity Trading Arrangements. The screen-based Virtual Power... [10 Nov 1999]
APX electricity exchange unveils plans for UK expansion
News Automated Power Exchange (APX), a US Internet-based electricity exchange, plans to launch next year in the UK. APX says its UK market will allow generators, supply companies, traders and major end-users to trade... [21 Dec 1999]
UK electricity firms defend euro wait
News The overwhelming majority of UK electricity companies have rejected claims by outsourcing specialist, Cap Gemini that they should develop a "euro vision" for their billing practices. But London... [24 Jan 1999]
