UtiliPoint Releases Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management Market Sizing Report

HOUSTON—June 8th, 2006—UtiliPoint International, Inc. (UtiliPoint) announced the release of it Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management North American Market Sizing report. The repost is available for purchase at http://www.utilipoint.com/rci/details.asp?ProductID=1137. The UtiliPoint study utilized both top-down and bottom-up proprietary analysis techniques to establish the North American market size for ETRM software license sales in 2006 for all commodities, front office, scheduling, risk management and back office. The final report details the ETRM market size by a number of parameters.

HOUSTON (PRWEB) June 9, 2006 -- UtiliPoint International, Inc. (UtiliPoint) announced the release of it Energy Trading, Transaction and Risk Management North American Market Sizing report. The repost is available for purchase at http://www.utilipoint.com/rci/details.asp?ProductID=1137. The UtiliPoint study utilized both top-down and bottom-up proprietary analysis techniques to establish the North American market size for ETRM software license sales in 2006 for all commodities, front office, scheduling, risk management and back office. The final report details the ETRM market size by a number of parameters.

The size of the North American market for ETRM software ranges between $78-93 million in 2006 according to UtiliPoint’s model and estimates. This estimate is for the entire market and breaks out into an annual ‘virgin’ market component of approximately $64 million, approximately $24 million in the replacement market component and approximately $3 million in the ASP component for 2006.

Strong demand growth in 2005 was fueled by a variety of factors including regulations such as Sarbanes-Oxley and entry into energy markets by new players particularly financial companies. This growth has continued through early 2006 and demand levels remain strong. New growth is expected to occur amongst end user markets (Commercial & Industrial companies) as well to keep demand levels high. UtiliPoint expects to see some slowing of growth in 2008 but markets will remain strong barring any unforeseen industry events.

“UtiliPoint has now provided the industry with a market sizing metric for ETRM software license sales in North America,” said DR. Gary M. Vasey, VP Macroenergy Analysis at UtiliPoint. “To our knowledge, this is the first independent assessment of its kind.”

The study was sponsored by KPMG Advisory Services, RiskAdvisory (A division of SAS), Sakonnet Technology and TradeCapture. Supporters of the study included Allergo, Global Energy and SunGard Energy.

About UtiliPoint International, Inc.
With origins dating to 1933, UtiliPoint International, Inc. is a leader in providing research-based consulting to the energy and utility industry. UtiliPoint analysts have provided strategic business plans and studies on information technology, and its impact on energy and utility operations. Direct experiences include work in trading/risk management, outsourcing, CIS, billing, CRM, metering, AMR, demand response, work/outage management, supply chain, ERP, call centers, rates/pricing products, and IT architectural design. The firm is also the publisher of IssueAlert™, an analysis of the utility and energy industry’s hot topics sent to over 50,000 utility and energy executives daily.

Contact Information:
Andrew Bruce
Vice President, Trading & Risk Management
UtiliPoint International, Inc.
281.681.8073

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