Tag: next practices
A lot of lessons and challenges are emerging in our Analyzing Utility Finances in Times of Crisis LIVE! program. PURC's director of energy studies, Ted Kury, and the participants have rolled up their sleeves on such issues as estimating financial impacts of the pandemic, what to do when data are limited, and how to measure [...]
Next Practices Live: ICT Working Group – Ensuring Telecom Services during the Pandemic on May 14, 2020
By Mark Jamison
Telecom companies and governments around the world are working fast to ensure that people have services both during and after the pandemic. But that is proving difficult because revenues are down, demand is up, and costs are up. And governments are sometimes asking operators to do more even while under lockdown restrictions. How are operators [...]
Water and sanitation professionals around the world are trying Next Practices to deal with the pandemic. Because these are uncharted waters, no one has best practices. But what are the challenges they are facing? What do we all have in common and what’s different? What are the lessons so far? These questions were the subject [...]
What's happening with telecom networks during the COVID-19 crisis? Are they crashing as some journalists say? How have customers changed and what should be done to educate them? Two international experts joined Next Practices Live to talk about this topic. Dr. Bronwyn Howell is a senior lecturer at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. She [...]
Many utility regulators are trying Next Practices to deal with the pandemic. Because these are uncharted waters, no one has best practices. But what are people trying? What are their experiences? These questions were the subject of Next Practices Live with Cedric Wilson of Jamaica. PURC is proud that Cedric is a member of our [...]