Clear insights into critical issues

As a power or utility company, you’re operating in a world of uncertainty, changing regulatory frameworks and environmental challenges. You need to maintain a secure and reliable supply, while anticipating change.

Our Global Power & Utilities Center doesn’t just react to changing market conditions, we help shape them. We don’t just know the issues, we’ve analyzed what’s behind them to understand the impact they have on you and the way you do business.

The Center brings together a worldwide team of professionals, sharing knowledge and experience we’ve gained with power and utilities companies around the world.

You benefit from timely insights on the most pressing industry issues, from accessing fuel sources at competitive prices to navigating the complex environmental agenda. And we provide you with assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services that are tailored to your needs.

Wherever you are in the world, we support you in managing uncertainty and making the most of change.

Q4 2007 country attractiveness indices

The Q4 2007 country attractiveness indices provide scores for national renewable energy and biofuels infrastructures, and their suitability for individual technologies. The latest editions include a focus on the rush to respond to climate change, insights into the cleantech financing gap and a look at the US Energy Independence and Security Act and EU Roadmap.

Renewable energy

Our Renewable Energy Group helps clients to maximize value from renewable energy activity. Read the Renewable energy country attractiveness indices and Biofuels country attractiveness indices, as well as webcasts based on the Indices.

How are European utilities applying IFRS?

Our review of 32 utility companies’ financial statements looks at aspects of reporting that are specific to the industry, possible trends and whether IFRS has brought greater consistency and transparency. Copies of the study are available from the Global Power & Utilities Center. Please contact Natasha Gibson on +49 211 9352 10296.

A new regulatory era for utilities

How are compliance programs structured, implemented and managed? A survey of 95 US companies, including 12 utility companies, conducted by our US member firm identifies best practices and provides a benchmark for industry participants to measure against their own approaches to corporate regulatory compliance. For more information about the report, contact Jeffrey Holloman by e-mail or at +1 503 414 7947.

What alternative energy means for utilities

Interdependence among the world’s politicians, energy producers, and customers is helping drive the utilities industry to turn to alternative energy (AE). Utilities unbundled, issue 3 (pdf, 8.5mb) investigates how utilities are responding to the technological and commercialization challenges AE presents. Also see regional coverage of green taxation, clean technology, and technologies and privatization in the water industry.

Thought Center webcast

Energy markets are changing all over the world, affecting all major energy users. This Thought Center webcast was broadcast on 10 December 2007, where the panellists and audience discussed EU versus US utility policy and key issues for consumers, and the EU’s Third Package and the potential for a pan-European energy regulator.