Calendar of key events.(Brief article)(Calendar)
NRECA 2008 CALENDAR
JANUARY 2008
CEO Close-UP
January 14-16
Indian Wells, CA
Touchstone Energy[R] NET Conference
January 29-31
Hilton Head, SC
FEBRUARY 2008
TechAdvantage . . .
Business performance management: a road map for
utilities.(Reprint)
The product/service offerings based on business intelligence have
come a long way since its inception. Utilities worldwide have realized
the potential of this technology and have made significant . . .
Communicating is critically important in today's energy
environment.
Delivering power is the core business of a distribution
cooperative. Yet, ever since joining the cooperative network more than
three decades ago, I've considered communication to be the . . .
Calendar of key events.(Calendar)
NRECA 2007 CALENDAR (Current as of December 2006)
JANUARY 2007
CEO Close-UP
January 24-27
Marco Island, FL
FEBRUARY 2007
Touchstone Energy@ NET 2007
February 7-8
Tampa, FL
. . .
From the editor's desk.
Welcome to the Winter 2006 issue of Management Quarterly. Over the
past year we have introduced a few changes to this publication--from its
look to our range of contributing authors. I wish to . . .
Making business alliances work.
Creating, building and managing successful alliances is a
capability that is critical to associations and companies of all sizes.
As global markets become more complex--yet needing essential . . .
Utilities executive study.
A report from Platts/Capgemini
With concerns about the environment, infrastructure, workforce
management and increasing regulation denying many of them a peaceful
night's rest, top North American . . .
The improvement imperative: benchmarks can help utilities enhance
operational efficiency.
A white paper from Compass and UtiliPoint International, Inc.
Most utilities and energy companies are not operating as
efficiently as possible. Facing extraordinary pressure to . . .
A new rural economy: a new role for public policy.
There is good news and bad news for the rural economy. Over the
past couple of years, fortunes have turned up as the rural economy has
outpaced the metro economy. Looking deeper, though, reveals . . .
Recruiting & compensating for key positions in a competitive
market.
It's no secret that the electric utility industry is one
critical sector of our economy that is facing an increasing shortage of
and growing demand for talented and skillful workers. . . .
Who's next? Succession planning.
Succession planning is a dynamic, ongoing process of systematically
identifying, assessing and developing leadership talent for future
assignments and tasks. (Indeed, succession planning has also . . .
Cooperatives in transition: restructuring and recovery in
Georgia.
The forces of deregulation and the promise of low cost
competitively priced power have created volatile market conditions and
concurrent changes to organizations throughout the electric . . .
Communication--Texas style.(United Cooperative Services
(United))
Ray Beavers, general manager/chief executive officer of United
Cooperative Services (United), Cleburne, TX is the 2008 recipient of the
J.C. Brown CEO Communication Leadership Award conferred by . . .
Education as a rural development strategy.
US Educational attainment in rural America reached a historic high
in 2000, with nearly one in six rural adults holding a 4-year college
degree, and more than three in four completing high school. . . .
Calendar of key events.(Calendar)
NRECA 2007 calendar. (Current as of September 2006)
JANUARY 2007
CEO Close-UP
January 24-27
Marco Island, FL
FEBRUARY 2007
Touchstone Energy[R] NET 2007
February 7-8
Tampa, FL
. . .
Are you ready for company?(Reprint)
"Company's coming!" In the small-town, pre-Internet,
pre-videogame world that I grew up in, those words were almost always
good news. It usually meant that friends or relatives were on their . . .
Calendar of key events.(National Rural Electric Cooperative
Association)(Brief article)(Calendar)
NRECA 2008 CALENDAR
JANUARY 2008
CEO Close-UP
January 14-16
Indian Wells, CA
Touchstone Energy[R] NET Conference
January 29-31
Hilton Head, SC
FEBRUARY 2008
TechAdvantage . . .
Fiduciary duty of electric cooperative CEOs, CFOs, and other
nondirector officers.(chief executive officer, chief financial
offi
In addition to a president, vice president, secretary, and
treasurer who serve on an electric cooperative's board of
directors, many cooperatives have a chief executive officer, chief
financial . . .
Vital signs: NRECA's summary of distribution cooperative
data.(National Rural Electric Cooperatives Association)(Report)
Vital Signs, first produced in 1985, is an annual analysis of the
data reported by rural electric systems from the end of the previous
calendar year. This year's report is based upon 2005 data from . . .
Retail rates, distributed generation, and the Energy Policy Act
of 2005: did you meet your first deadline?
On August 8, 2005, the President signed the Energy Policy Act of
2005 (EPAct'05). Within its 1,725 pages, the statute includes a
provision requiring State regulators (for the utilities whose rates . . .
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