Evolution of the ETRM market A NEW MARKET ENTRANT PROVIDES PERSPECTIVE ON ENERGY TRADING AND RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS

摘要

SINCE THE INITIAL DEREGULATION of the energy markets, organizations with energy commodity positions have struggled to find a quality, feature-rich software solution to cost-effectively manage their energy marketing and risk management needs. Horror stories of successively failed upgrades and out-of-control implementation projects litter the segment. What's long been desired is an easy-to-im-plement, intuitive-to-use, affordable solution from a reliable energy solutions provider. Prior to deregulation, most organizations managed the marketing function using spreadsheets or by adding or utilizing features present in another existing software solution (e.g. as a module of a production revenue accounting solution, etc.). The need for energy trading and risk management (ETRM) solutions did not materialized until shortly after deregulation.