Message-ID: <19817562.1075845120648.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:48:14 -0700 (PDT) From: bruno@eyeforenergy.com To: energynews@peach.ease.lsoft.com Subject: h:Eyeforenergy Briefing Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-From: Eyeforenergy @ENRON X-To: ENERGYNEWS@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \Farmer, Daren J.\Farmer, Daren J.\Deleted Items X-Origin: FARMER-D X-FileName: Farmer, Daren J..pst http://www.eyeforenergy.com/newsletter/newsletter_300501.htm [IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09=09=09=09[IMAGE][IMAGE][IMAGE] HOME =09 EVENTS =09ADVERTISE =09INDUSTRY DIRECTORY =09[IMAGE]=09[IMAGE]=09 Thursday, May 31, 2001 Issue 29 EDITORIAL Today and Tomorrow-what As= ia faces and what we've all learned from the past As you probably know, th= e Eyeforenergy team is off to Mexico next week for our Latin American e-bus= iness in energy conference. But to prove that our interests are global, ou= r Insight article this week focuses on the state of the energy in Asia. Li= ke their colleagues in Latin America, Europe and North America, energy exec= utives in Asia are facing a host of changes-e-business, regulatory changes,= and the commercialization of alternative and micro energy sources. All of= these are examined in the article below, and it paints an interesting pict= ure of the state of play in Asia today and what sort of challenges they fac= e tomorrow. In other news, the move towards online trading continues apac= e in the energy industry (unlike recent developments in most other industri= es) with announcements by Pantellos and Duke Energy North America. Pantell= os' move into the international arena with its procurement solution points = towards the increasing use of online marketplaces in the energy supply chai= n (or at least a refusal to give up in the wake of Petrocosm's demise). = While Duke's announcement of their move to OpenLink's software points tow= ards the increasing use of Internet technology on the commodity side of ene= rgy trading. Either way, the energy sector seems to be one of the few bri= ght spots in the wake of the dot com gloom. The energy industry's measured = response and refusal to jump on the e-commerce bandwagon at the start seems= to be proving dividends now. Perhaps the rest of the new economy is learn= ing what it seemed that the energy industry always knew-the Internet is jus= t another tool (a useful one, but just a tool) and at the end of the day yo= u still need to get the oil out of the ground and the electricity to the cu= stomers. Q&A Mirroring the Marketplace Founded in late 1997, Ex= celergy Corporation, Lexington, Mass., a developer of software products and= technologies for online energy marketplaces, is one of several companies p= roviding products and services in this arena. Recently, eyeforenergy conta= cted Jay Sherry, vice president of global marketing, to discuss hybrid busi= ness models and approaches and the issues that face those trying to impleme= nt them. Hybrid approaches to conducting e-commerce transactions online ar= e rapidly finding a home in the retail energy space. Such approaches are n= ot being implemented for altruistic reasons; instead, for some, it's become= the means to survival. Determining other uses for existing technological = expertise... Click here for Full Story FOCUS E-procurement- is it so= much more than buying and selling goods and services online? E-procureme= nt involves companies buying their supplies online. As B2B e-commerce has b= ecome the next big thing in the corporate world. The chief beneficiaries of= this trend are a growing list of software vendors, like Ariba and WebMetho= ds, which provide applications that enable electronic procurement and also = create Web-based trading communities. In recent years, many Internet comme= rce procurement application offerings have come to market addressing the au= tomation and economics of the procurement process. Service companies have b= egun to implement e-procurement applications and consult around the entire = e-procurement process. Outsourcers... Click here for Full Story Fuel Ce= ll and Microturbine Roundup The energy wires have been humming this past = week with word of new and exciting technologies from the world of distribut= ed generation, fuel cells, microturbines, solar photovoltaic and wind. Word= of increased rolling brownouts and power interruptions in the west and pre= ssure from environmental groups concerned over co2 emissions are shining th= e light on renewable energy sources as the world gears up to make sure the = stream of power continues unabated. With the dot-com meltdown in full swin= g venture capitalists in search of the "next big thing," are casting their = eye on the energy sector. If you listen carefully you will be able to hear = the words of an old song drifting on the wind, "Welcome back my friends to = the show that never ends, we're so... Click here for Full Story INSIGH= T Energy Opportunities in the Asia Pacific Region With e-commerce in th= e Asia sector poised to explode, reaching 28 percent of the world's total b= y 2005, it's small wonder that the region has a firm eye on energy. B2B Int= ernet commerce in the Asia/Pacific region (including Japan) reached US 96.8= billion in 2000 or 22 percent of the worldwide total of US $433.3 billion.= The Asia Pacific region has enjoyed a rapid economic expansion in recent = decades with a corresponding demand for electricity. This has placed a seve= re strain on the ability of individual economies in the area to expand thei= r electricity infrastructure capacity rapidly enough to meet the surge in..= . Click here for Full Story ADVERTISEMENT [IMAGE] Landmark Graphics a= nd Petroleum Place -- Accelerating Business Efficiency Landmark Graphics = and Petroleum Place Delivers Enormous Efficiencies within Acquisition and D= ivestiture. How? Through online delivery of data and evaluation tools withi= n an APS environment to afford dramatic efficiencies for both sellers and b= uyers. Visit www.petroleumplace.com [IMAGE] NEW! GLOBAL ENERGY REPORTS E= merging Markets Online specializes in global energy reports. 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Click here for Full Story PG?Offers Incen= tives to Lower Energy Use PG?is using technology from Silicon Energy to a= ddress California's energy concerns with incentives for commercial and indu= strial customers to lower energy use during peak hours. Silicon Energy, a = provider of Internet-based Enterprise Energy Management technology, today a= nnounced that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has selected its EEM = Suite(TM) energy technology software as the infrastructure for PG&E's new I= nter-Act program. Inter-Act was designed to promote... Click here for Full = Story Step Right Up and Place Your Bets on Alternative Energy For t= he past thirty years the United States has flirted with the development of = alternative and renewable sources of energy such as wind, and solar power. = For a nation in lock step with fossil fuels development of alternative ener= gy sources is a tough road to follow and has been a stumbling black... Clic= k here for Full Story Pantellos Marketplace Offers Global Transaction S= ervices Gathersburg, Md. and The Woodlands, Tx, May 24, 2001----Pantellos= , the online marketplace serving the utility and energy sectors, is offerin= g global transaction services through GE Global eXchange Services. These T= hese services will help buyers and sellers exchange business documents thro= ugh the marketplace in a variety of formats -- allowing Pantellos suppliers= to leverage their existing investments in electronic data interchange (EDI= ) technology, while benefiting from relationships within the Pantellos... C= lick here for Full Story Endur Enhances Duke's Commodity Trading Platfo= rm Houston, May 24, 2001---Duke Energy North America (DENA) is scrapping = its internal trading and risk management systems and leveraging OpenLink En= ergy's Endur, to enhance its energy commodities and emissions trading, risk= management and accounting capabilities. ``OpenLink will provide Duke Ener= gy with the front-through-back-office solutions necessary to manage our ene= rgy trading, risk management and operational requirements,'' said Terry Asc= hbacher, DENA vice president of commercial technology. ``Replacing multiple= internal systems with Endur will... Click here for Full Story MyUtilit= y to Offer "Single Portal" for Energy and Communications Products May 24,= 2001---My Utility has announced plans to launch a Website that allows smal= l commercial and residential the opportunity to buy and manage energy and c= ommunications products from leading suppliers, through a single portal. Ex= pected to get underway this autumn. the initiative, developed by former ene= rgy journalist Paul Miosga, hopes to tap into a latent market of busy inter= net-literate consumers who want a good deal on their essential services but= do not have time to shop around for the best price and like the convenienc= e... Click here for Full Story E-Commerce on Upswing In India A joi= nt study released Tuesday by the Confederation of Indian Industry and Inter= national Trade Center and WTO, reports that e-commerce activity in the coun= try will likely reach rs 250 billion (US$ 5.3 billion) by 2005. The study a= lso pointed out that Indian internet security applications market... Click = here for Full Story Latest News Now! [IMAGE] EDITORIAL [IMAG= E] Today and Tomorrow-what Asia faces and what we've all learned from the p= ast ARTICLES [IMAGE] Mirroring the Marketplace [IMAGE] E-procurement- is= it so much more than buying and selling goods and services online? [IMAGE]= Fuel Cell and Microturbine Roundup [IMAGE] Energy Opportunities in the Asi= a Pacific Region NEWS ROUND UP [IMAGE] Trade-Ranger Teams With Wellogix = for Online Collaboration and Procurement [IMAGE] PG?Offers Incentives to L= ower Energy Use [IMAGE] Step Right Up and Place Your Bets on Alternative E= nergy [IMAGE] Pantellos Marketplace Offers Global Transaction Services [I= MAGE] Endur Enhances Duke's Commodity Trading Platform [IMAGE] MyUtility t= o Offer "Single Portal" for Energy and Communications Products [IMAGE] E-C= ommerce on Upswing In India EVENTS [IMAGE] Eyeforenergy, Latin America= [IMAGE] Energy Exchanges Online II [IMAGE] Eyeforenergy, Asia S= UBSCRIBE Please enter your email address below to subscribe to the EyeFor= Energy newsletter. Thank you UNSUBSCRIBE To unsubscribe from the Ey= eForEnergy newsletter please enter your email below. 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