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O&M Solutions was founded with the intention of supplying alternative operation and maintenance services for the emerging markets. For more than twenty years, the founding partners of O&M Solutions have served the power industry. Our experience ranges from development, construction, testing and commissioning, to day-to-day operations of some of the most modern power plants in the emerging region.
 

During the previous decades, the Independent Power Producers (IPP's) have served the growing demand for power. Their ability to develop and implement power projects that were efficient and cost effective, has made the power market one of the fastest growing businesses in the world today. In the early 1990's when IPP’s ventured into the emerging markets, this brought a completely new set of challenges. These challenges ranged from commercial to cultural, not to mention the financial difficulties that come from dealing in several different currencies. To deal with these challenges, IPP’s have often employed consultants to help them understand the markets they were entering. In addition to this, expatriates (expats) were often deployed to the various projects. These expats were used to transfer knowledge and best practices from the market. The information and experience they possessed was transferred from one project to another. This was an effective means to reduce both the time it took to develop a project, as well as ensured that lessons learned from previous projects were applied to new projects. However, the cost associated with utilizing expats was high, and the length of time they were on site was limited.

After 9 / 11 and the collapse of Enron, many of the International Developers began to leave the emerging markets. With the departure of these players, the development of new projects has significantly reduced. Additionally, the detailed information and experience that these players brought to the market also left. This exodus brought opportunities for new players to enter the market. The cost of buying MW's through acquisitions, versus building MW's through green-field projects, forced the players to secure the most cost effective means of entering the power market, which proved to be through acquisitions. Demand for power continued to increase and as such, many of the emerging markets today are facing significant shortfalls in power. As the cost of buying versus building MW's is narrowing, new players are now looking toward building projects.
 

With the entry of these new players and the exit of the old, there is still a requirement for experienced people to implement these projects. O&M Solutions, with our experience in power and our depth of knowledge in these markets, is in a position to develop and implement alternative O&M solutions that are tailored to meet the requirements of a specific project or company profile. To compete in today's market, a company must utilize every means to keep costs down and revenues up. This was previously done using expats and consultants; however, the cost and availability of these people can be expensive. In many cases, a transitional O&M contract that would cover the first five years of a project, from development to construction and into the first year of operations, would be a cost effective approach to this common issue. O&M Solutions is also capable of providing long-term O&M contracts as well, but in most cases this would not be required.