Retail energy providers are rapidly responding to market conditions and new opportunities, which is creating unprecedented growth in the competitive power markets. In order to sustain their momentum, energy providers are expanding into new markets, developing technological innovations, implementing creative customer acquisition models, and merging with one another.

DNV KEMA’s Executive Forum is a retail energy industry’s networking event. Join over 400 attendees, including regulators, investors, buyers, brokers, vendors, and other stakeholders for two days of insight and networking at the 23rd Executive Forum in April 2012. Attendees will engage in discussions on the key topics related to sustaining momentum and other current issues and challenges that face retail energy markets.

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Metering, Billing/MDM America Conference and Exhibition 2012 provides a major networking platform for decision makers and professionals representing all areas of the value chain for smart metering, smart grid, HAN, efficiency programs, green energy initiatives and all communication aspects.

10 reasons to exhibit at Metering America:

• Meet qualified buyers in a highly targeted environment
• Generate valuable sales leads
• Strengthen relationships with existing and loyal customers
• Keep up to date with your competitors’ developments
• Let buyers use all five senses to gain a full appreciation of your product
• Overcome objections face-to-face
• Showcase your full range of products
• Launch new products
• Raise your public profile and build on your brand image
• Meet new agents or distributors

In this 10th annual EUCI billing conference, experts from utilities who interact daily with the billing process, billing systems, and utility customers will draw upon their years of experience to address issues surrounding advances in billing technology, online payment processing, and mobile billing applications. They will address billing issues specific to the implementation and integration of smart meters and AMI and how to inform, educate, and encourage customers in these new technologies. They will also discuss the intricacies of prepaid billing systems and how they can best be applied across varied customer segments.

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We see several reasons to increase our in the U.S:
- We’re in a very exciting phase of expansion in Tailor Made where we continuously add new products and services to our offerings. Our focus on solutions for the new era of Smart Grids takes us to the parts of the world which are the most developed and mature in this area. Targeting the U.S. market is in line with our overall strategy. We focus on the consumer benefits and ways for the Utilities to increase revenue and customer loyalty and at the same time with more automation and lower cost. The U.S. market is experiencing ever growing focus on consumption patterns on the part of the end-use customers and the Smart grid investments are moving forward based on sound business decisions and clear return on investment. That fits us very well. The establishment of the new office in New Jersey allows us to reach a large potential market and be closer to our customers, states Jens Björkman, CEO of TailorMade.

Jeff Valadez will be heading up the new office as Business Development Executive. Jeff brings over 16 years experience in the energy and utility industry having served in sales & business development roles for Orcom Solutions, SPL WorldGroup, Oracle, and Tantalus.

- Jeff states:  “I believe that TailorMade’s potential to capture market share in the North American market is enhanced by the product line’s modular structure in-line with energy providers wishing to limit cost and risk in deploying billing solutions.  Further, TailorMade’s strong participation in the innovative Scandinavian market provides a fresh approach that I believe will be quite relevant to the new challenges in the energy & utility sector.”

Senior decision makers will engage in business meetings with solution providers who are specific to their business challenges and areas of future investment.

Another very exciting part of the agenda is the “working lunch roundtable discussions”, which comprise a moderator, panelists and industry leaders discussing modern day issues affecting Utilities.

Hope to see you in Malaga!

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The initiative aims to use the power of social networking to raise consumer awareness about energy consumption. Leveraging the Facebook platform, the app will enable users – who choose to participate – to benchmark their home’s energy usage against a national average of similar homes, compare their energy use with friends, enter energy saving competitions, and share information on how to become more energy efficient.

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David Cameron has called on the government to work harder and faster to bring down energy bills before another biting winter is upon us. And, after an energy summit between the government and six of the biggest energy providers, consumers were called on to spark more competition to help bring prices down.

But according to Phil Bentley, British Gas’ managing director, the “inconvenient truth” is that gas prices are going to continue to rise due to outside market pressures.

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