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Collaboration Unlimited specializes in management and technical consulting services to public power and municipal utilities. Services include governance/policymaking, strategic/operational planning, organizational development and performance improvement, management/operational assessments, and litigation support. Collaborative Learning, Inc. provides a wide range of education/training, organizational development, management/decision-making software, and facilitation services. Short course and seminar topics include governance, management/leadership, values/ethics, project management, electric utility industry fundamentals, electrical distribution, and electrical safety.

Owned by and working for public power, Hometown Connections, Inc., is a national non-profit organization providing utility management guidance and access to quality products and services from industry-leading consultants and companies. The products and services offered through Hometown Connections include a full range of metering and other advanced grid solutions as well as consulting support in the areas of strategic planning, governance development, organization assessment, customer service, market research, and staffing.

GDS Associates is a multi-service engineering and consulting firm providing services to a broad range of clients associated with electric, natural gas, and water utilities.  Founded in 1986, GDS is headquartered in Marietta, Georgia, with offices in Alabama, California, Maine, New Hampshire, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin.

Specific services provided include:

• Power Supply and IRP Planning
• Wholesale and Retail Rates
• Regulatory and Financial
• Transmission Planning and NERC/CIP Compliance
• DER Integration & BESS Technical Services
• Distribution System Planning and Line Design
• DSM and Energy Efficiency
• Utility Privatization Services
• Natural Gas Consulting
• Water & Waste Water Consulting
• Sustainability and Clean Energy Plans
• Electrification and Smart Communities
• Data Analytics & IT Services

Visit www.gdsassociates.com or call us at 770-425-8100 for more information.

Since opening in 1995, MCG Energy has provided software solutions for the everyday business needs of utilities and other entities in the wholesale energy marketplace. We design and deliver best-in-industry software for energy accounting, trading, scheduling, and transmission, as well as the front, middle, and back office to enhance the efficiency and productivity of your business. Our customers operate throughout North America and we are currently expanding into Europe with MCG’s Versify Operator Log, and our Paragon ERM and CRM. MCG has rapidly grown with the acquisition of Versify Solutions in 2019, Innotap in 2018, and Paragon Energy Solutions in 2017. Our team of top technical talent has extensive knowledge and experience in all areas of the energy software industry. The key to our success is developing strong, long-term relationships with customers. Contact us today to learn how we can meet your company’s business needs.

MCG’s software line forms a dynamic and natively integrated Energy Software Suite. Applications can be used separately or together as a comprehensive wholesale and retail energy solution for the front, middle, and back office. Since 2017, the addition of Paragon, Innotap, and Versify to the MCG family of companies has expanded MCG’s Energy Software Suite and role as a leading provider of hosted energy solutions. In addition to power, Versify Operator Log has further uses including municipal water management. Versify Workforce is a complete Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) solution for many industries.

Learn more about the entire line of MCG applications:

Integrated Asset Manager System (IAM) – An easy-to-use system for bid capture, physical scheduling and tagging, market submissions, market clearing, real time scheduling, performance reporting, and settlements.

MCG’s Paragon Energy Risk Manager System (ERM) – A fully integrated trading, credit, and market risk management solution for complex, multi-commodity energy companies.

MCG’s Paragon Credit Risk Manager System (CRM) – Combines state of the art technology with a rich feature set for managing credit risk, including counterparty, contract, collateral, exposure management, advanced credit analytics, and credit scoring.

Energy Accounting System (EAS) – Tracks and manages time-series data types, visualizes calculations (load, imbalance, contract, etc.), and tracks a meter’s data sources to generate an official profile based on the best available data.

MCG’s Versify Outage Management System (OMS) – An industry leading solution for handling the outage process from the initial request, through approval processes, to execution and coordination activities in the field and with ISOs/RTOs.

MCG’s Versify Operator Log – Conveniently manages events, activities and compliance requirements in a single tool.

MCG’s Versify Workforce – HSE management across many industries with desktop and mobile tools, including Permit to Work (PTW), Job Safety Analysis (JSA/JHA), Lockout/Tagout (LOTO), Incident Management, Inspection/Audit Management, Safety Observation Cards, and Management of Change (MOC).

Hosted Data Services (HDS) – A single hosted platform for data warehousing and archiving, reporting, and long running queries outside of production systems. Control Area Scheduling (CAS) – Fully featured interchange and transmission scheduling system integrating MCG Tagging and OASIS interfaces to automatically create, categorize, and track interchange and transmission schedules for reliability entities.

Innotap Data Suite – Organizes and displays data for wholesale energy transactions from a wide array of sources, with modules for a variety of ISOs and RTOs to aid and report on the decision-making process.