Veritatis Advisors

9 Aug 2017

Simplicity Matters – Utilities and Work Force Development

Steve Jobs through sheer tenacity and resilience, focused on simplicity. Fired from Apple, created NEXT, rehired by Apple because he knew above all else simplicity matters. Eric Burke The Utility industry work force is passing this ephemeral moment in technology development. Jobs' vision while transformative was painful, knowing beforehand 'NEXT' was never to be successful. He was not creating gadgets, but rather an ecosystem and few saw it for what it was. Utilities like the

18 Jul 2016

Clean Power Plan – Incentives begin to roll-out

By Don Macdonald

Clean Power Plan - Incentives begin to roll-out Incentives from EPA to do "states heavy lifting" launched. Incentives for renewables and those adopting, investing, building such assets are now being spoon fed from EPA to the nation. "As in any government program that receives underwhelming reviews, eventually Washington gets the message and does the work for the nations States and thereby primes the pump for corporations to get behind the CPP." said Veritatis' Don

27 Oct 2015

Energy Efficiency Performance and the Wall Street Agenda

By Don Macdonald

Why is energy efficiency not embedded in Wall Streets agenda? Let me share a story. A CEO of a large multi-national you and I know shared with me how much cash he was losing from various issues - a yet to be reported manager’s fraud, overpaying certain workers, and healthcare costs. These he recognized were “material issues”. As he contemplated his course of action, he knew not taking action was unacceptable to his Board, shareholders