Energy and Utilities

Featured Research

• Smart Grid Intensifies CIM Activity
  22 December 2009
• Survey of Utilities EAM System Integrators, 2009
  20 December 2009
• IT and OT Integration and Ownership Survey, 2009
  17 December 2009
• The Utility of the Future: The Information Utility
  14 December 2009
• MarketScope for Meter Data Management Products
  9 December 2009
• Tactical and Strategic Options for Improving Market Data Management
  8 December 2009
• Energy Trading in Utilities: Getting the IT-Business Alignment Right
  7 December 2009
• Predicts 2010: Energy and Utilities Are Challenged by Sustainability Concerns
  4 December 2009
• Smart Grid Standards Activity Heats Up
  5 November 2009
• AMI Is the Clear Winner of the U.S. Smart Grid Investment Grant Program Competition
  30 October 2009

Supply

Energy trading, energy generation, market operations and associated business processes

• Tactical and Strategic Options for Improving Market Data Management
  8 December 2009
• Energy Trading in Utilities: Getting the IT-Business Alignment Right
  7 December 2009
• Case Study: ScottishPower Improves Generation Optimization With New Systems and Innovative Integration Solutions
  26 June 2009
• The Future of European Power Generation: Moving Offshore
  22 June 2009
• Australian Budget to Stimulate the Intelligent Grid
  18 May 2009
• Energy Credit Risk Management in Volatile Markets: Key Activities and Supporting Technologies
  6 August 2008
• Triple Point Acquisition Signals a Move Into Energy Hedge Accounting
  24 June 2008
• Post-Merger Energy Risk Management and Reporting: A Data Warehouse Approach
  14 April 2008

Delivery

From field service to design and maintenance of the energy grid

• Magic Quadrant for Outage Management Systems
  8 June 2009
• GIS and EAM Integration: State of the Market
  1 May 2009
• Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Not 'Plug and Play' for Electric Utilities
  29 September 2008
• How to Make Your Grid Smarter: An Intelligent Grid Primer
  26 September 2008
• Carbon Dioxide Value Chain: Start With the Stakeholders
  26 September 2008

Retail

Customer contact, information and billing processes

• Vendor Rating: Enviance
  5 June 2009
• MarketScope for Meter Data Management Products
  17 December 2008
• Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Not 'Plug and Play' for Electric Utilities
  29 September 2008
• How to Make Your Grid Smarter: An Intelligent Grid Primer
  26 September 2008
• Reference Checks Provide Insight Into EAM Use and Perspectives
  26 September 2008
• Gas Price Rises Show Need to Improve Customer Contact Channels
  4 August 2008
• Utility Consumer Survey: Energy Efficiency, Do They Care and Why?
  6 May 2009
• Measuring Utility Metering: Metering Technology and Best-Practice Survey
  2 May 2008
• Short Message Service as Customer Interaction Channel for Utilities
  31 March 2008

Cross-Functional

• Smart Grid Intensifies CIM Activity
  22 December 2009
• Survey of Utilities EAM System Integrators, 2009
  20 December 2009
• Smart Grid Standards Activity Heats Up
  5 November 2009
• Key Issues for the Energy and Utilities Industry, 2H09
  12 August 2009
• Utility EAM: Getting the Most Out of System Integrators
  30 June 2009
• Overview: Gartner Interviews Shai Agassi of Better Place, Part 1
  20 April 2009
• Gartner Interviews Shai Agassi of Better Place, Part 2
  20 April 2009
• Management Update: Top 10 Business Trends Impacting the Utility Industry in 2009
  19 March 2009
• Quality and EH&S Vendor Rating Criteria in 2009
  5 March 2009
• U.S. Stimulus Package to Jolt Intelligent Grid IT and Operational Technology Investments
  4 March 2009

Magic Quadrants

Which vendors are leaders, visionaries, challengers or niche players

• MarketScope for Meter Data Management Products
  9 December 2009
• Magic Quadrant for Transmission and Distribution Enterprise Asset Management
  16 September 2009
• Magic Quadrant for Power Generation Enterprise Asset Management Software
  16 September 2009
• Magic Quadrant for Utilities Customer Information Systems
  15 June 2009
• Magic Quadrant for Outage Management Systems
  8 June 2009
• Magic Quadrant for Energy Trading and Risk Management Platforms
  25 March 2009
• MarketScope for Energy and Utility Geographic Information Systems
  26 January 2009

Hype Cycles

The wave of the future — or just hype? Gartner Hype Cycles show the difference

• Hype Cycle for Utility Industry IT and Business Processes, 2009
  24 July 2009
• Hype Cycle for Smart Grid Technologies, 2009
  16 July 2009
• Hype Cycle for Utility Industry Operational and Energy Technologies, 2009
  16 July 2009
• Hype Cycle for Intelligent Grid Technologies, 2008
  26 June 2008

Vendors

• Vendor Rating: Enviance
  5 June 2009