{"id":23,"date":"2015-10-01T03:30:46","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T01:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2019-11-27T20:02:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T18:02:08","slug":"utilities-alternative-energy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/?page_id=23","title":{"rendered":"Utilities &#038; Alternative Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pageheader\" class=\"titleclass\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"page-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"content\" class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"main col-lg-9 col-md-8\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Blackwater\u00b4s energy consultants help utility companies around the globe navigate today\u2019s challenges including: the changing generation mix and efforts to decarbonize, securing fuel and energy supply at reasonable costs and optimizing operational efficiency and customer service. We work with utilities to turn these challenges into opportunities to develop their full potential, invest wisely and become more valuable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Blackwater has worked with clients on hundreds of projects in the utilities and alternative energy industries around the globe. Our clients represent a broad cross-section of the sector:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Power generators<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Electric and gas utilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Multi-utility conglomerates<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Alternative energy providers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Energy trading companies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Gas storage and distribution players<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Energy service companies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Water and waste utilities and diversified global energy leaders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Our energy consultants help enhance performance across the industry value chain, providing expertise in generation, trading and storage, transmission, distribution and retail. We also work with clients to strengthen key capabilities, drawing on our experience to optimize the organization, improve operational performance and to refine corporate and customer strategies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #053605;\">At the corporate level, our experts collaborate with management to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Develop a corporate investment strategy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Evaluate macro and industry trends and their impact on utilities<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Implement new business models, such as \u201esmart\u201c energy efficiency services or distributed generation<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Identify the right level of vertical integration<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Define portfolio and international expansion strategies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Increase efficiency of support functions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Integrate corporate strategy and corporate finance to manage total shareholder return<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Instill a high-performance culture and decision-driven organization throughout the business<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Ensure effective change management via our Results Delivery approach<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #053605;\">At the business-unit level, Blackwater helps clients:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Optimize future generation mix and fuel sourcing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Cope with decarbonization and other regulatory requirements<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Improve energy trading and develop storage strategies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Increase operating performance in transmission and distribution, such as field force optimization and capital project management<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Retain and expand their customer bases through loyalty programs, customer segmentation and other measures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Deploy assets and IT investments for maximum return<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #053605;\">Capitalize on technology trends and expand into the right adjacencies<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blackwater\u00b4s energy consultants help utility companies around the globe navigate today\u2019s challenges including: the changing generation mix and efforts to decarbonize, securing fuel and energy supply at reasonable costs and optimizing operational efficiency and customer service. We work with utilities &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/?page_id=23\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54,"href":"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blackwater.limited\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}