TED Blom
Short Bio
Ted Blom
Utilities Director
Ted Blom is a senior mining, energy and
Ted has also been grounded in Strategic Procurement Negotiations by Vantage Partners, an offspring from HBS in Boston, and finally, Ted has been tutored in Actuarial risk assessment and reduction techniques by ART in Zurich, a specialist division of the world’s largest insurer.
Ted has over 35 years’ experience in management, mining, commodities,
During his tenure at Eskom, Ted was responsible for the internal Financial Consulting division (including tariff setting
Ted Blom was also invited to deliver a paper at the Africa Utility Week Conference in Cape Town in May 2016 Titled “Cost reflective tariffs in SA – Fact or fiction” and again in
Ted remains actively involved in the electricity debate, both on radio, TV, and in print as well as deeply involved in Energy Projects & Regulatory in SA & worldwide.
Ted Blom Joins Urban Utilities
Ted Blom
The department led by Ted Blom will focus on key points including:
With this strategic process, we aim to interact with all utility suppliers and stakeholders, focusing on the financial process between “Eskom, Rand Water” and their clients the Councils/Municipalities.
With 275 Councils/Municipalities in South Africa and 92% of them being in the “red” on the latest audit outcomes it’s clear that change needs to happen in the processes.
The Urban council management process aims to work with all Councils/Municipalities to allow integration of our model for sustainable financial resolutions in the billing process from Eskom/Water Supplier” that would allow for repayment strategies on all arrear accounts and accurate billing moving forward. This will assist Councils/Municipalities to have a streamlined re-payment strategy in place that would ultimately benefit the audit report for the new financial year.
Its common knowledge that all property owners, businesses and various stakeholders at one point in time will have some sort of dispute with the utility supplier (Council/Municipality), with no ideas of possible resolution that can be implemented, all this leads to pure frustration.
99% of these frustrations would be a result of negligence, incorrect billing (over billing or estimations) and has a direct impact on the property owners account with the supplier.
With the Urban Utilities account management process we can assist the property owner “Residential & Commercial” to resolve the dispute in a manner that would benefit the property owner and the supplier.
The dispute management process will allow for account resolution and settlement with an accurate billing process moving forward as part of the strategy, allowing the end user to be assured of correct billing form the supplier moving forward.
The focus of renewable energy within South Africa has come a long way over the past number of years and with the latest news from the Energy Minister that the grid would be open its evidence that the renewable energy sector has a huge role to play.
Ted Blom and the team will
Follow the link below and get in touch with Ted Blom and the Urban management team if you have questions pertaining to the above
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