Insight

ScottMadden, a leading North American energy consulting firm, recently sponsored Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) Strategic Issues Roundtable held February 29–March 2 in Phoenix. Stu Pearman, partner and energy practice leader at ...

Pipeline safety has become a top priority for the gas industry. Several drivers have increased scrutiny in this area recently, and, as a result, industry stakeholders such as federal and state governments, utility commissions, and trade organizations ar...

Todd Williams, director at ScottMadden, presented Supply Trends – What Are The Impacts on Transmission? at Infocast’s 15th Annual Transmission Summit. This presentation focused on important developments in generation and how they will i...

ScottMadden asked some of our fossil generation clients and senior consultants what they considered to be the most talked about topics and issues in 2011. In this article, we summarize in a lighthearted manner our survey findings and some of the underly...

ScottMadden believes that change management is most effective when embedded within a project and least effective when it is stand-alone or “bolt-on.” Too many organizations allow for significant segregation between project management’s...

Success of a shared-services operation depends upon more than just a good plan and solid execution and like any good relationship; it requires constant monitoring and regular maintenance. Without a serious, ongoing commitment by the CEO, CFO, CIO, and m...

Effective governance is a critically important enabler in achieving “top performer” status. “Governance” is the third topic in a supply chain learning series presented by ScottMadden and Shared Services & Outsourcing Net...

The capital project landscape is increasingly difficult to traverse. Project construction and material costs continue to escalate, the environmental and regulatory picture remains unclear, and project schedule compression has become the norm. In respons...