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EC Power has clients that range in size from one-person competitive retailer with a handful of customers to multi-national competitive retailers with millions of customers. Each client’s success is very important to
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Case Study: Business readiness assessment for participation in the Texas deregulated power marketplace
 BETTING THE BUSINESS ON DEREG ENTRY?
EC Power offers a structured approach to evaluating business readiness for entry into the Texas deregulated electric power marketplace.
This assessment evaluates the major areas of business readiness, while identifying gaps in strategy, business processes, and IT preparation.
It provides guidance to executives for resolving complex issues to insure a successful entry into the Texas retail power marketplace at the least cost and with minimal disruption to operations.
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT EVERYTHING?
This service reviews key functional areas affected by deregulation; virtually every aspect of your business is impacted.
Its purpose is to assist you in identifying business and technical areas that need added focus to ensure readiness for entry into the competitive retail market in Texas and success upon active participation.
HOW DO WE KNOW THIS?
This Business Readiness Assessment has been developed by EC Power, Inc. in affiliation with independent retail power market consultants.
Their combined retail power expertise in Texas and other markets is used in a top-down review of strengths and weaknesses in your organization.
By using facilitated self-evaluation, expert analysis, and professional presentation of findings, our consultants help you avoid the major pitfalls encountered by those who preceded you.
Whether you are a Municipal, Cooperative, or established retailer in another market, EC Power's Business Readiness Assessment can save you significant market entry costs, help you avoid business and system process failures, and more accurately forecast the time and effort required for successful market entry.
DON'T TAKE ANYTHING FOR GRANTED!
The assessment evaluates the following functional areas:
 General Business Characteristics
Marketing & Sales
Customer Service
Operations
Finance, Accounting, Billing
Information Technology
Market Facing Communications with ERCOT
The study gives the participant a broad overview of the functional capabilities needed in these seven areas, and will assist them in determining their readiness and key hot spots needing additional work.
HOW IS IT DONE?
Your participation is critical in conducting the assessment. It proceeds as follows:
Introduction to the study
On site, facilitated half-day discussion, with EC Power team
and participant's key business and technology stakeholders
Questionnaire filled out by key client managers
EC Power team analyzes and summarizes results; prepares
evaluation of readiness and needed work in each area
EC Power team returns to participant site for review of
Findings & Recommendations and discussion
The process requires approximately one calendar month of elapsed time, with a half-day on site session with client executive(s), one to two weeks for Questionnaire response, two weeks for Findings & Recommendations preparation by the EC Power team, and a final one-half day session on site to review Findings & Recommendations with facilitated discussion.
The final report in bound form will be delivered soon thereafter.
WHAT DO I GET?
The results section of the Assessment will summarize the critical issues.
Recommendations, suggestions, and available resources will be offered to help you address your needs.
Where possible, broad cost ranges for budget planning will be suggested.
These suggested costs indicate the level of expenditure that may be required to fully develop the needed capabilities.
A broad market entry timeline will also be provided to assist participants in pacing their efforts for entry into the marketplace at a particular time.
AVOID THE MISTAKES; DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL
Call us to discuss how we may help you prepare for market entry at 713-626-8700.
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