The Future of Utilities

KPMG

www.kpmg.co.uk/powerandutilities

Overview

KPMG member firms' power and utilities clients operate in many countries and have a diverse range of needs. Our firms' professionals understand the industry's challenges, regulatory requirements and preferred practices. We have 12 dedicated Power & Utilities Centres of Excellence in key locations around the world, working together across our global network. They are a direct response to the rapidly evolving power and utilities sector and the specific challenges that this is placing on industry players. For further information please visit: www.kpmg.co.uk/powerandutilities

Accenture

www.accenture.com

Overview

Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 244,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. The company generated net revenues of US$25.5 billion for the fiscal year ended Aug. 31, 2011. Its home page is www.accenture.com.

Airwave

www.airwavesolutions.co.uk

Overview

Airwave is the leading provider of high quality resilient voice and data critical communications to organisations that provide vital services to the public including the police, fire and ambulance services as well as local authorities, utilities and transport providers.

Utilities need a smarter way of delivering services to the public. Airwave SmartWorld is helping utilities customers meet these challenges with smarter communications solutions such as resilient voice and data, Machine to machine communications, Long range low power radio services, Low latency applications, Smart Metering and Smart Grid services.

A.T. Kearney

www.atkearney.com

Overview

A.T. Kearney, the global management consultancy with offices in 34 countries, has a unique, collaborative working style. For more than 80 years we have worked with our clients to assist them to improve all aspects of their business, helping them to succeed in today's increasingly competitive market.

We provide a unique hands-on, pragmatic approach ensuring our consultants function seamlessly within clients' organisations to implement practical solutions which deliver original, lasting results that answer the challenges on the CEO's agenda.

Our Energy and Utilities division is the largest in AT Kearney and offers global solutions to our international clients ranging from strategy through to solving complex operational issues across the full energy value chain. Our experts have deep expertise encompassing gas, upstream, downstream, renewable & alternative energy smart grids & meters and energy transition strategy.

Convergys

www.convergys.com/smartrevenue/utilities

Overview

Convergys Corporation understands that utilities and energy retailers face myriad business challenges today. As a global leader in interactive revenue and customer management, we provide innovative next generation billing and customer care solutions to support the technology and business changes facing utilities and energy retailers, including smart grid. Combined with over 25 years’ experience in helping multi-national corporations through transformative network changes, Convergys Smart Utility Solutions minimize risk while delivering market-leading innovation. Inquire about our unique business and deployment models that are helping utilities to get the most out of their existing and new investments.

Engage

Overview

Engage Consulting are established expert advisors to energy and utility clients. Our clients trust us with their strategic, operational, project and programme challenges focusing on market operations, settlement arrangements, revenue and margin assurance, industry design, regulation, smart metering, smart grids, Feed in Tariffs and Green Deal. 

Engage Consulting have played a key role within Great Britain’s (GB’s) smart initiatives since 2005.  This has included work for the Energy Retail Association (ERA), the Energy Networks Association (ENA), the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG), major Suppliers, metering manufacturers, telecommunications companies, system integrators and technology solution providers.   We have global experience of smart metering with clients across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.  

Our industry leading expertise allows us to help clients achieve business readiness for a smarter world, delivering confidence along with value for money. We consistently deliver robust and perceptive business knowledge and insight to our clients and support development of business cases, strategies and operational processes.

IBM

www-05.ibm.com/uk/smarterplanet/

Overview

IBM is a global business and technology leader, innovating in research and development to shape the future of society at large. In the UK, IBM are focused on helping governments, businesses, thinkers and doers build a more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent planet. Talk to IBM about our Smarter Energy solutions today. 

Landis+Gyr

www.landisgyr.com

Overview

Landis+Gyr helps utilities manage energy better. As the World leader in smart energy management, our systems, hardware and software empower utilities and consumers to improve energy, efficiency, reduce energy costs and contribute to the sustainable use of resources. Our vision is for energy production and use to work in harmony with a sustainable environment. Through continuous development and innovation, our smart energy solutions make this happen.

Landmark Information Group

Overview

Landmark Solutions are data management experts, enabling organisations to leverage data for strategic advantage and driving higher levels of performance by ensuring the data is secure, accurate & available. With an extensive portfolio of data management solutions that respond to today's main data challenge we supply trusted information to help analyse information to gain insights, identify breakdowns, and make better decisions that will optimise any business.

LCP

www.lcp.uk.com/euri

Overview

LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and industry consultants, specialising in energy and utilities, investment, insurance and pensions consulting.

LCP uses advanced economic, mathematical and analytical modelling to provide clear, unequivocal advice, giving clients greater control when making decisions about financial performance, opportunities and risk.

Pitney Bowes Software

www.pbsoftware.eu/uk/

Overview

Pitney Bowes Software is a software & services company that enables organizations to build and develop lifetime relationships with their customers. This is achieved through an innovative suite that integrates data integration, enhancement and management capabilities with sophisticated location intelligence. Coupled with advanced predictive analytics, rules-based decision making and cross‐channel customer interaction management, we help our clients build deeper and more profitable relationships with their customers and at the same time improve operational efficiency.

Pöyry Management Consulting

Overview

Pöyry Management Consulting is the leading provider of strategic, commercial, regulatory and policy advice to players in the European energy market.  Comprising over 200 specialists, located across 12 countries, we bring a depth of expertise that empowers key decision makers to solve the major energy challenges of tomorrow.

Steria

www.steria.co.uk/markets/utilities

Overview

Steria delivers IT enabled business services which help organisations in the public and private sectors operate more efficiently and profitably. By combining an in depth understanding of our clients' businesses with expertise in IT and business process outsourcing, we take on our clients' challenges and develop innovative solutions to address them. Through our highly collaborative consulting style, we work with our clients to transform their business, enabling them to focus on what they do best. Our 20,000 people, working across 16 countries, support the systems, services and processes that make today's world turn, touching the lives of millions around the globe each day.

Founded in 1969, Steria has offices in Europe, India, North Africa and SE Asia and a 2010 revenue of €1.69 billion. 20 percent of Steria's capital is owned by its employees. Headquartered in Paris, Steria is listed on the Euronext Paris market.

Wheatley Associates

www.wheatley-associates.co.uk

Overview

Wheatley Associates are experts in asset management and mobile workforce management. Drawing on its extensive software development heritage and its understanding of the utility industries’ requirements, the company provides a range of software solutions that can take advantage of the emerging Smart Meter and Smart Grid initiatives.

Lowri Beck

www.lowribeck.eu

Overview

Established in 1996, Lowri Beck Services has been providing metering & data services to the utility industry for over 14 years.  As a fully experienced meter reading & data collection business, we also offer gas & electricity meter asset provision (MAP), installation and maintenance services (NHH MOP and MAM/OAMI).  Together, these dual fuel services enable Lowri Beck to provide a full Smart Metering Solution in preparation for a large-scale rollout from 2014 and in the interim foundation stage.

Our data management capabilities can be offered as part of these services or in isolation should a customer require data collection and management facilities (electricity NHH DC/DA and Gas Data Processing).  We pride ourselves on our ability to supply flexible, bespoke solutions to our customers nationwide.

SQS

www.sqs.com/

Overview

SQS is the world’s leading specialist for software quality with focus on Europe. Founded in Cologne in 1982, the company employs more than 2,000 staff. Along with a strong presence in Germany and the UK, SQS has further subsidiaries in Egypt, Finland, France, India, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Sweden, Switzerland, South Africa and the US. With over 5,000 completed projects, SQS has a strong client base, including half of the DAX 30, nearly a third of the STOXX 50 and 20 of the FTSE 100 companies. These include, Allianz, Beazley, BP, Centrica, Daimler, Deutsche Post, Generali, JP Morgan, Meteor, Reuters and Volkswagen as well as companies from every other conceivable sector. 

SBWWI

www.sbwwi.co.uk

Overview

The Society of British Water and Wastewater Industries (SBWWI) is an active, not-for-profit, trade association representing the interests of UK manufacturers, contractors, consultants, distributors and others supplying the Water and Wastewater Industry. Its aims are to develop an effective, consultative and innovative supply chain to the UK water industry and to help members serve the industry better by providing a forum for discussion and the dissemination of information.

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