December 3-5, 2001
Doubletree Hotel at Post Oak
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Once you cut the deck, you won't get another chance to reshuffle it.
The ante has been raised; it's time to place your bets. What cards do you keep, and how many hits can you afford?
The deregulation game is risky, and you must decide the future structure of your utility. Will you remain vertically integrated, align into functional units or outsource the business? While utilities have continuously restructured over the last two decades, nothing has stirred the pot as much as the outsourcing trend. Outsourcing represents a radical departure from past utility efforts to reinvent themselves. Today's decisions include selling assets and releasing workers.
What will be the best company structure in a deregulated and competitive market? What services should you keep? What can be done best by someone else?
National service providers have emerged to provide a broad range of infrastructure services. Beyond traditional engineering and maintenance work, these providers are poised to handle other critical areas such as operations, material procurement, metering and billing. They are ready to transition the manpower, fleet resources and information systems required.
The presentations at the conference will discuss the trends and issues in outsourcing transmission and distribution infrastructure.
Featured Speakers:
John Colson, CEO, Quanta Services
Greg Cucchi, CEO, Exelon Infrastructure Services
Dennis Edwards, President, MasTec Energy Services
Rick Kreul, Vice President, UtiliCorp United
Gary Swofford, COO, Puget Sound Energy
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