Energy and Utilities Solutions

Demand for energy continues to rise. Department of Energy studies suggest that, over the next 25 years, alone, electricity usage will be increase by 50 percent due to increased population, economics, and increases in fossil fuel costs. To address this substantial increase, utilities will need to look to all sides of the supply equation and undertaking significant transformations in their operations. Generation and grid efficiency, along with intelligence, can help. Over the next decade, most electric utilities in the United States will deploy Smart Grid solutions and Advanced Metering Infrastructure in some or all of their networks.

• Are you prepared for the major changes in demand over the next few years as consumers increasingly turn to plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles?
• Are you involved in or considering a merger or acquisition?
• Are your IT strategy and portfolio of current IT projects well aligned with strategic business goals?
• Do you have the customer and market intelligence necessary to make timely, informed decisions?
• Do you have the resources or skills to manage significant change?

A trusted partner to energy and utility companies.

West Monroe Partners’ Energy & Utilities team has deep knowledge of the issues and trends affecting the industry—experience gained through years of working with respected industry leaders to improve operations and address their evolving environment and operations.

West Monroe Partners can help your organization:

• Design a Smart Grid solution that makes sense for your operations and customer base
• Create an enterprise-wide program management office to manage large-scale programs or day-to-day IT operations
• Evaluate IT infrastructure needs and design and implement future-oriented infrastructure strategies
• Evaluate and implement enterprise software
• Develop and integrate new IT applications
• Assess and improve IT operations through effective resource management, service metrics, and service-level agreements
• Align IT strategies and programs with business goals, including establishing processes to ensure focus on the right IT projects
• Establish “green” IT strategies—programs that improve environmental impact within the IT department through other facets of your operations
• Assess the IT, people, process, facilities, customer, and strategy aspects of a potential acquisition or merger partner as part of the pre-transaction due diligence process
• Develop and execute plans for integrating IT operations and critical business processes following a merger or acquisition
• Enhance collaboration and content management through the use of portals and other tools
• Assess and fine-tune internal call center and telecom solutions
• Create business intelligence capabilities to help manage both large-scale projects and day-to-day operations

In eight short weeks, we will create your Smart Grid Assessment Profile (S-GAP) and give you the road map to your Smart Grid future. This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   to learn more!

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