ntranet to include having member hotels able to access information about other properties and clients who might be interested in staying at other SRS properties (Adams, 2000, p. 56).
Duke Energy North America, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, set up an intranet which serves as the company's real-time performance cost monitoring system. The system helps the company develop and submit bids on power to the wholesale energy market, a market where prices can vary from $300 per megawatt hour in the midwest in May to $6,000 per megawatt hour in the northeast on the same day. Having a system which enables companies to prepare the most efficient bid ensures that potential profits are not lost due to poor information, but also that the bids are competitive relative to the rest of the market (Hamblen, 2000, p. 40).
Duke's system shows bidders, plant managers and corporate asset managers a "snapshot" of the production capability of all plants throughout the day. It separates out the production needed for existing
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