The Guidebook covers federal, state and utility grant programs, renewable energy funds, tax incentives, and rebates available to energy service companies, developers, and businesses interested in implementing distributed energy resource projects. For federal initiatives and for each state, funding/incentive opportunities are divided as follows:

• General (includes programs that apply to renewable energy, distributed generation, and energy efficiency)
• Renewable Energy/Distributed Generation
• Energy Efficiency

The types of programs described for each category include system benefit funds, grants and incentives.

For each program, the following is provided:

• Background and Purpose
• Eligible Technologies, Applications, and Recipients
• Description
• Application Process
• Contact Information
• Links to Application Material
• Relevant Statutes and Regulations

In addition, the Guidebook includes a comprehensive Executive Summary that quickly and easily presents at-a-glance information on each program.

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Published By KEMA-XENERGY
Product Type Report
Published Date 5/1/2003
# Pages 475
Price: $ 425.00

• Summary of major energy user switching to date, the non-price motivations for switching and identification of the winners in the switching process
• Comparison of leading suppliers’ customer service performance, focusing on Essent, Nuon, Eneco and Electrabel
• Analysis of the market at risk for 2003-04 and benchmarking of utilities’ exposure to high-risk customers?
• Forecasts of switching in the Dutch major power users market to 2005

Report Highlights

• As of June 2003, 52% of survey respondents, jointly representing 42% of the sample by volume, switched their largest supplier the last time their contract was up for renewal. This constitutes one of the highest rates of customer churn in Europe
• Dutch customers who are likely to change their supplier are on average six percentage points less satisfied with customer service than those who intend to stay
• Of the four largest suppliers, Electrabel has shown the greatest overall improvement from 2002-03 and remains the market leader in customer service, while Nuon is still lagging behind the competition

Reasons to Purchase

• Benchmark your customer acquisition and retention record against competitors
• Optimize customer communication and allocate resources to the genuinely important aspects of customer service
• Evaluate the risks and opportunities of further customer switching

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Published By Datamonitor
Product Type Report
Published Date 7/18/2003
# Pages 70
Price: $ 3,395.00

Stage 1: Consistent Service Competency – how to eliminate dissatisfaction through the provision of reliable and consistent levels of service.
Stage 2: Customer Lock-In – building barriers to switching or creating positive reasons for the customer to stay – current and best practices
Stage 3: The Safety Net – ongoing efforts by utilities to identify and catch customers in difficulty, thereby improving satisfaction.
Stage 4: Crisis Point – Emergency efforts to retain customers in danger including home moving and winback strategies used in Europe.

Report Highlights

The Future of Customer Retention chapter provides a jigsaw of identified best practices from Europe, America, and Australia to improve customer loyalty from an optimistic 10% in 2003 to 30% by 2006.

Case studies of 26 companies across all retention-influencing aspects of contact and the proposition in general provide an excellent overview of where utilities can improve. This includes 9 detailed case studies that can be used as a model for emulation.

Analysis of the key drivers for retention in 2003, plus how these can be expected to change to 2006. This involves an assessment of the role of perceptions, expectations, and the management of these factors by the utility.

Reasons to Purchase

• Learn how to improve customer loyalty by up to a factor of three by 2006 by following best practice examples.
• Understand how to build a powerful brand by first eliminating the underlying dissatisfaction with the customer proposition.
• Achieve business and product uptake objectives by retaining customers for development -retention is now a more important priority than acquisition.

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Published By Datamonitor
Product Type Report
Published Date 7/18/2003
# Pages 100
Price: $ 4,495.00

Datamonitor’s ‘Winning the Green Energy Customer” report gives strategic and competitive insight into how specific utilities have gone beyond the niche market and developed mainstream green tariffs at an economical cost. It therefore provides practical advice on how to emulate the best in class, with forecasts on how the market will grow to 2008.

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• Evaluation of the potential market size for green energy in Austria, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Sweden, and the UK.
• Country by country profiles on specific barriers and potential drivers for the market.
• Best practice profiles of nine utilities in various stages of green customer penetration to re-start green programs & break out of the niche market.
• Country-by-country forecasts of green energy uptake in the next five years, including a high and a low scenario.

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

Datamonitor finds that the marketing rules for traditional energy supply do not apply to green energy – an essentially emotionally driven product – and this has led to green energy remaining a niche market. Utilities must re-address the customer mindset, product features, personal rewards, & the financial implications to succeed.

Datamonitor’s high scenario forecast predicts that green tariff uptake in the profiled countries will reach 7 million (8.5%) by 2008. However, unless utilities learn from best practices then we are likely to see the low scenario uptake of 2.0%.Factors such as cultural receptiveness to green related issues, government,& price are taken into account

REASONS TO PURCHASE

• Capitalize on the undeveloped green market to improve customer retention, loyalty, profitability, and brand equity.
• Learn the key drivers and barriers to development of green tariffs in your market and how it will grow by country to 2008.
• Emulate the demonstrated best practices for the proposition, marketing, advertising and sales to break out of the niche market.

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Published By Datamonitor
Product Type Report
Published Date 9/8/2003
# Pages 119
Price: $ 4,495.00

Datamonitor’s Energy MarketWatch contains news, analysis and opinions from the energy industry. It covers all the month’s major issues and events in oil, gas and utilities.

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• Insight into the future shape of the market for players at all levels
• Expert analysis into the implications of the month’s important industry events
• All the month’s top business stories in headline and summary form
• Insight into the structure and competitive position of a key company

REASONS TO PURCHASE

• Not only keeps you updated about industry events – it also gives you opinion and insight
• Draws upon Datamonitor analysts’ extensive experience to bring you our perspective on the impact of the latest events
• Provides you with your own news archive to track company and industry progress, giving you an extensive reference to relevant events and issues

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Published By Datamonitor
Product Type MarketWatch 1 Yr Subscription
Published Date Monthly
# Pages varies month to month
Price: $ 1,800.0

• Sectors covered: Consumer Goods and Retail
• European coverage

Report Highlights

• Although VMI was pioneered in the US, companies in Europe have embraced the program. Datamonitor’s client survey suggest that over 90% of blue chip consumer goods manufacturers and retailers in Europe either currently use the system or would consider using it in the future. The success stories of relationship such as Wal-Mart and Procter & Gamble in the US has made European companies realize that if properly managed the supply chain can be used as a competitive tool.

Reasons to Purchase

• Client analysis on operating with VMI
• The potential advantages and pitfalls of VMI
• The future of VMI and similar models

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Published By Datamonitor
Product Type Brief
Published Date 10/29/2002
# Pages 12
Price: $ 1,295.00

• The size of the European automotive logistics market broken down into its constituent parts: road haulage; distribution (contract logistics); parcels; warehousing; freight forwarding; sea freight; airfreight
• The geographical scope of contracts awarded by European automotive industry manufacturers and how this compares with the European average

Report Highlights

• This report analyses the main factors behind major oil companies’ growing interest in supplying energy to large end users in direct competition with traditional utilities.
• Automotive Logistics 2002 will provide a strategic roadmap for logistics companies operating in the automotive market. It will aid the development of a successful business plan in an increasingly complex environment.

Reasons to Purchase

• Examine the market in which your company operates
• Discover how you can align your services to better meet the needs of your clients
• Identify variation in automotive logistics in European markets
• Understand the key criteria against which clients measure their logistics suppliers
• Forecast how quickly your market will grow over the next five years
• Understand how European automotive manufacturing clients differ in their use of logistics providers from the European average

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Published By Datamonitor
Product Type Report
Published Date 3/29/2002
# Pages 106
Price: $ 2,795.00

Datamonitor’s Automotive MarketWatch contains news, analysis and opinion from the automotive industry. It covers all the month’s major issues and events in auto manufacturing, leasing, fleet and the aftermarket.

SCOPE

• Insight into the future shape of the market for players at all levels
• Expert analysis into the implications of the month’s important industry events
• All the month’s top business stories in headline and summary form
• Insight into the structure and competitive position of a key company

REASONS TO PURCHASE

• Not only keeps you updated about industry events – it also gives you opinion and insight
• Draws upon Datamonitor analysts’ extensive experience to bring you our perspective on the impact of the latest events
• Provides you with your own news archive to track company and industry progress, giving you an extensive reference to relevant events and issues

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Published By Datamonitor
Product Type MarketWatch 1 Yr Subscription
Published Date Monthly
# Pages Varies month to month
Price: $ 1,800.00

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