Should transmission owners get paid extra for distance and voltage?
A recent lawsuit filed by eight state attorneys general will take the industry to the place where bad policy meets with bad economics.
People for August 2004.
An analysis of the strategic implications of the re-basing of power and utility industry valuations.
Business & Money
Investors are asking utilities questions about environmental and social risks. Answers can be a challenge.
When the tech-stock bubble burst in 2001, investors were outraged to learn that many stock analysts were being paid to over-hype stocks. The following year, Enron's ugly public death revealed the presence of a virulent infection in governance of many large and respected companies.
How will the industry change in the future?
The utility industry of the future can be best characterized by three words: scale, synergies, and automation. Company leaders and the broader workforce will be touched by these three forces for change. We can already see glimpses of the future around us today. In response to the sweep of deregulation, many power companies no longer generate power. They have divested themselves of their generating plants, ceding that ground to independent producers to concentrate on distribution.
Utilities are absorbing distressed IPPs, and raising alarm bells in the process.
From reporting to trading, utilities try to meet new expectations.
Financial players bring credit depth to energy markets, but will they play by the rules?