Consumers Warm to Nuclear Power in Fight against Fossil Fuel Dependency, Accenture Survey Finds
NEW YORK; March 17, 2009 — More than two-thirds of people around the world believe that their countries should start using or increase their use of nuclear power, according to findings of a global survey released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
March 17, 2009
Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) Chooses Accenture to Conduct CL&P’s Plan-It Wise Energy Program
NEW YORK and BERLIN, Conn. (USA); March 11, 2009 -- Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has teamed with Connecticut Light & Power Company (CL&P), a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU), to conduct CL&P’s Plan-It Wise Energy Program, a pilot program using smart meters to test residential, commercial and industrial customers’ interest in, and response to, peak time-based energy rates.
March 11, 2009
Emerging Economy Consumers More Willing To Act Against Climate Change Than Developed Market Consumers, Accenture Research Shows
NEW YORK; Jan. 15, 2009 – Consumers in emerging economies are more concerned and willing to take actions against climate change than those in developed countries, according to global research by Accenture (NYSE: ACN). Although the economic crisis has not reduced worldwide concern about climate change, 53% of people in emerging economies claim to be extremely concerned about it against only a third (31%) in mature markets.
January 15, 2009
Accenture to Provide Xcel Energy with Application Outsourcing Services
DENVER; Nov. 25, 2008 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will provide Xcel Energy with application management services under a multi-year application outsourcing agreement. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
November 25, 2008
NWP Services Corporation and Accenture Extend Application Outsourcing Agreement
IRVINE, Calif.; August 14, 2008 – NWP Services Corporation (NWP) has extended its outsourcing agreement with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to 2018. NWP is the leading provider of financial transaction processing solutions for resident utilities billing and payment-processing services to the multi-family housing industry in the United States.
August 14, 2008
EdiPower Selects Accenture to Help Improve Service Operations with Predictive Monitoring Solution
MILAN; April 28, 2008 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will help Italian utility EdiPower reduce equipment failure and service disruptions by deploying a predictive monitoring solution, which draws upon Accenture’s research into improving businesses’ ability to access, analyze and act upon business intelligence in real-time.
April 28, 2008
UniStar and Accenture to Develop Nuclear Fleet Enterprise Architecture
BALTIMORE, April 7, 2008 – UniStar Nuclear Energy (UNE) announced today that it is partnering with Accenture (NYSE: ACN) to develop an advanced information technology (IT) platform capable of supporting the lifelong data needs of a potential new fleet of nuclear power plants.
April 07, 2008
South West Water Taps Accenture to Enhance Its Customer Service
LONDON; Feb. 1, 2008 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will provide South West Water with customer-care and billing services and manage South West Water’s back-office operations under a 10-year outsourcing agreement the two companies signed recently.
February 01, 2008
Accenture Teams with Xcel Energy to Build Smart Grid City of the Future
MINNEAPOLIS; Jan. 23, 2008 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has teamed with Xcel Energy (NYSE: XEL), a U.S. electric and natural gas company, to build the “smart grid city of the future,” a fully inter-connected electricity system that manages the various parts of the energy grid that produce power and deliver electricity to customers.
January 23, 2008
Accenture Study Reveals Need for Chemical Companies to Capture and Share Supply Chain Best Practices
NEW YORK; Jan. 3, 2008 – Nearly two-thirds of supply chain professionals in the chemicals industry say their companies have no formal processes for identifying and sharing supply chain best practices, according to a study released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN).
January 03, 2008