Today’s power utilities market is facing major disruption. The magnitude of near and mid-term challenges is immense. Power companies are pulling the plug on conventional generation. Utility commodity businesses face continued strong headwinds. Carbon markets are not functioning. Regulation is often failing to produce the
outcomes intended and is adding to uncertainty. The traditional utility business model is coming into question
We look at these big issues through the viewpoint of a survey that is extensive in scope as well as intensive in its depth. We have talked to senior power and utility company executives in 53 companies and 35 different countries around the world. The survey is supplemented by the ‘on the record’ perspectives of a number of CEOs that are also included in the report. We report their findings on a range of questions and also, in a series of future scenarios, their assessment of how particular aspects of the world of electricity will look like in the future.