Blueflame Consulting is a Boston-area consulting practice specializing in strategic research for financial services organizations, utilities, large billers and payment processors. Blueflame has been advising and assisting in regulatory environments with natural gas and electric utilities, and utility customers for twelve years. It is a women-owned small business based in Melrose, Massachusetts.
Ed Bachelder leads Blueflame's research and analysis capabilities and provide clients with expertise in the areas of:
1) Consumer & Business Market Research
2) Billing & Payment Processing
3) Product Design & Demand Estimation
4) Lean Six Sigma Process Improvements
Rebecca Bachelder has extensive experience in utility ratemaking and as an expert witness in matters including natural gas expansion programs, performance based regulation, cost allocation, marginal cost studies, rate design, cost-of-gas adjustments, and non-gas cost tracking mechanisms as well as issues associated with competitive supply, unbundling, balancing and transportation tariffs. Ms. Bachelder also has expertise in cost accounting and benchmarking. She has worked in the utility industry for over 30 years.
For information please contact:
Rebecca Bachelder, President email: rbachelder@bflame.com
Telephone: (781) 662-8584
Mobile: (781) 248-5376 Ed Bachelder, Director of Research
email ed.bachelder@bflame.com
Telephone: 781-662-8584
Mobile: (781) 307-1460
In the News...
The Federal Reserve System engaged Blueflame Consulting, LLC to conduct the 2016 Networks, Processors and Issuers Payments Study (NPIPS). Nasreen Quibria of Q Insights and Kadence International have partnered with Blueflame Consulting to assist with the survey effort. The Press Release announcing the study is available at:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/press/other/20151105a.htm
The NPIPS Survey Forms are due except for Toll System Operators. Please contact Ed at Ebachelder@frbnpips.net if you need any assistance.
A article that Ed Bachelder helped author NACHA - Mobile Payments and ACH
https://www.nacha.org/system/files/resources/NACHA_MobileACH_WP_Final.pdf
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