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What an ETRM Implementation Really Costs
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What an ETRM Implementation Really Costs

The licence is the smallest number in the deal. A line-by-line breakdown of what Endur, Allegro, and RightAngle programmes actually cost once you count integration, data, people, and the upgrade treadmill, from someone who has signed the change orders.

Anish PujariAnish PujariSep 7, 2026 6 min read
Endur vs Allegro vs RightAngle: An Implementer's Honest Comparison
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Endur vs Allegro vs RightAngle: An Implementer's Honest Comparison

All three ETRMs now live under one owner, and every RFP still treats them as rivals. After a decade of implementations, here is how Endur, Allegro, and RightAngle actually compare where it matters: commodity fit, compliance, AI, upgrade pain, and the total cost nobody puts on the first slide.

Anish PujariAnish PujariSep 7, 2026 7 min read
Why Most ETRM Implementations Fail in the First 90 Days
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Why Most ETRM Implementations Fail in the First 90 Days

The system does not crash. The business quietly works around it. Why the first 90 days decide an implementation's fate and what the firms that get it right do differently.

Anish PujariAnish PujariAug 27, 2026 7 min read
The Skills Commodity Desks Are Quietly Paying a Premium For Right Now
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The Skills Commodity Desks Are Quietly Paying a Premium For Right Now

Not exotic credentials: the translation layer, data fluency, regulatory literacy, implementation experience, and the ability to operate in ambiguity.

Anish PujariAnish PujariAug 27, 2026 7 min read
What ETRM Vendors Won't Tell You, and What That Means for Your Career
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What ETRM Vendors Won't Tell You, and What That Means for Your Career

The gap between what was sold and what gets delivered is where careers are made and lost. The questions to ask before, during, and after an ETRM implementation.

Anish PujariAnish PujariAug 27, 2026 5 min read
Delivering a Power Trading Desk: System Compliance, Lifecycle Design, and Why Agile/SAFe Changes the Economics
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Delivering a Power Trading Desk: System Compliance, Lifecycle Design, and Why Agile/SAFe Changes the Economics

Compliance is not a phase you add at the end, it is a property of every design decision from sprint one. What twelve years of ETRM delivery teaches about building the systems behind a power desk.

Anish PujariAnish PujariAug 8, 2026 21 min read