Tag: Utilities

Utilities are working hard to address new financial control and reporting requirements, making progress on significant cost reduction and revenue enhancement initiatives ... Read Article

Broadband over power lines (BPL) and power line communications (PLC) are sets of equipment, software and management services that when overlaid on ... Read Article

Q: In 1997, as Puget Sound Power and Light, you merged with Washington Natural Gas and became Puget Sound Energy. Was it ... Read Article

Within the next few years, energy and utility companies will be operating in a more disaggregated, multinational industry. The demands of this ... Read Article

Under pressure from four distinct sources – aging assets, growing peak demand, the emergence of new power generation technologies and revenue constraints ... Read Article

Regulatory uncertainty, unprecedented demand, outdated infrastructure, emerging technologies, and fierce competition both for and among natural resources. Today’s energy world is transformed ... Read Article

In November 2003, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision in the Pacific Gas and Electric bankruptcy case that ... Read Article

The conversations between senior officers and managers at utilities are similar worldwide. They need to reduce operations and maintenance expenses, increase the ... Read Article

The US depends on large, centralized power plants that run on fossil fuels and nuclear power. As a result, it has an ... Read Article

With its vast potential, economic competitiveness, and rapid growth rate, wind energy is poised to become a significant power source in the ... Read Article

The European Union plans to accelerate the pace of electricity and gas market liberalization and has introduced dates for the phased introduction ... Read Article

I recently bought a top-of-the-line clock radio to replace the aging one I’d had for years. When I unpacked it, I began ... Read Article

The draft Energy Bill cobbled together in the fall of 2003 was justly excoriated by everyone from actor Robert Redford to Sen. ... Read Article

Forces outside the control of the utility industry will create a pattern of change that will transform the way the industry operates ... Read Article

The challenges to achieving a secure and sustainable energy future are both large and urgent. An energy future that continues recent trends ... Read Article