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The growing trend toward competition in the public utilities industry is demonstrating tangible savings to both the industry and the consumer. The costs of managed regulation are difficult to assess, but the industry's first steps toward deregulation already suggest that it represents far greater savings. Estimated savings for 80 sample utilities would be $31 billion. The call for deregulation is expected to grow as such figures become more widely known and proven., Assessing the costs of utility regulation has never been a particularly rewarding endeavor. The difficulty has stemmed from an inability to evaluate with confidence how the industry would behave in [...]

Buyer beware. That is the message Paul Marleau, chairman of the Greater Sudbury Utilities, told members of the Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce on March 6 during a chamber luncheon. [...]

NEW RESEARCH FROM THE Chartered Institute of Marketing has investigated how the deregulated, competitive environment in the utilities sector has forced the UK's multi-utilities companies to become marketing focused. Entitled [...]

State Sen. Steve Peace, D-La Mesa, who was a key player in the deregulation of energy, is now proposing a bill that could allow more private-sector transfer of water through [...]

A year after the New York Power Authority restructured $1.4 billion of outstanding debt, essentially paving the way to relaxed bond covenants, analysts are encouraged by public utilities' progress in [...]

Dave Parker will implore state legislators next week to do something soon to help Wisconsin's investor-owned utilities escape the deregulatory 'limbo land' that's dragging down their stock performances. Parker, a [...]

It's no secret that the nation's electric and gas utilities plan to be deregulated, but the fast pace of this deregulation may come as a surprise. Newspapers around the country [...]

Deregulation in the utilities sector has affected independent heating, ventilation and air conditioning businesses, according to consultant Norm Adelman. Utilities are asking for approval from state regulators to enter the residential equipment leasing market. Others are going after large non-residential jobs. Utilities are becoming more aggressive in their pursuit of the market, outspending their competition and using other tactics to win market share., ASBURY PARK, N. J. -- How extensively is utility competition in non-regulated areas affecting independent businesses? The impact has been broad and wide, and the landscape will change even more [...]

The Colorado Business Alliance for Cooperative Utility Practices successfully lobbied for legislation prohibiting utilities in the state from cross-subsidizing their non-utility programs and won a case against the Public Service Company of Colorado. The alliance consists of 10 statewide contractor organizations and represents about 500 small businesses. The alliance's six utility deregulation principals and tips for contractor advocacy are given., DENVER -- The Colorado Business Alliance for Cooperative Utility Practices was formed in 1990 to protect small businesses from unfair utility practices, and to forge mutually beneficial partnerships with utilities. [...]

Republicans on the House Commerce Committee want to deregulate utilities, but face strong opposition from Dingell, the reigning committe Democrat and former chairman. Dingell also wants to merge the Commodity Futures Trading Commission with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The possible future of Rome's water and electric utility Azienda Comunale Energia e Ambiente (ACEA) has been outlined in a confidential report by SBC Warburg and the IMI. The report, which analyses ACEA's organisation and markets, concludes that the best form for the utility is a joint stock corporation, which would benefit the development of its water and electricity operations. The value of ACEA has been estimated at between $1.4 billion and $2.1 billion., MEMBERS OF Rome's city council received copies in mid-September of a 300-page private and confidential report by SBC Warburg and IMI presenting an analysis for the possible transformation and privatisation [...]

Bondholders should be wary of how pending federal legislation that would force utilities to compete with each other could affect the municipal power industry, according to a report by John [...]

The California Public Utilities Commission will implement a six-year plan in 1996 to deregulate utilities that will begin with large industrial users. The action could spur competition that would result in lower rates and stock prices, and likely reduce utility involvement in social objectives.