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Electric utilities invested considerable time and money participating for years in international climate discussions. For many companies the impetus was a perception that U.S. utilities were being targeted for disproportionate [...]

Utilities are investing in transmission and distribution system technology enhancements to the tune of billions of dollars per year. According to the Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Innovation (IEI), electric [...]

The honor of American business is held in dangerously low repute by the people, as proved by a recent survey. The electric power industry, which depends upon good stakeholder relations to achieve their goals, has suffered a loss of real shareholder value and confidence for an economic recovery.

Time flies. It has been 20 years since deregulation began in the electric utility sector. Even now there are wide-ranging views regarding the benefits of deregulation for electric consumers. If [...]

Rating Research L.L.C. conducted research regarding business ethics and businesses' reputations. The research centered on the impact of repution on a company's long-term performance. The company focused on electric power companies in the study.

Electric utility deregulation has become reality in California and will eventually be embraced throughout the US. Utilities that are prepared for competition in advance with branded offerings and new services will be most likely to succeed under deregulation. RKS Research and Consulting of North Salem, NY, has found that Californians are more aware of deregulation than residents of other states and are more demanding of their utilities., Direct access, now a reality in California, is rolling out slowly elsewhere in the United States. And customers are receptive to the idea of choice. Indeed, just having choices seems [...]

Byline: Paul Mauldin Past surveys have shown that engineers, in general, don't use social media much. If they do use, say, Twitter, LinkedIn or YouTube, they use them mostly for [...]

Some electric utilities recently hit by super-storm Sandy have come under heavy criticism for both storm preparation and storm caused outage response. New York Governor Cuomo wants heavier utility regulation [...]

Many utilities are actively encouraging distributed, non-utility owned generation, particularly solar and wind. Other power companies seem to be dragging their feet a grudgingly complying with minimum regulatory requirements. In [...]

Utility suppliers target their energy efficiency services wrongly, according to new research from independent market analyst Datamonitor. It said that although European industrial customers were keen on energy-efficiency services, they [...]

Complaints about domestic energy direct selling were rising again, according to the latest statistics compiled by consumer watchdog Energywatch. Chairwoman Ann Robinson this week voiced concern over the trend. 'These [...]

Your residential customer isn't a happy camper. According to J.D. Power and Associates' 2001 Electric Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study, faith in utilities has plunged. In fact, customers in 39 [...]

EASTHAMPTON -- Business, religious and health groups have joined a growing contingent of players who want to weigh in on Long Island's energy problems. The Business Council of New York [...]

WITH PRICE GOUGING and rolling blackouts brought to you by California's disastrously deregulated energy industry, and with Governor Gray Davis scrambling to commandeer the state's electrical transmission wires, some Californians […]

Anxiety about the potential for an electricity crisis in Arizona is increasing, according to a recent poll by Arizona State University. Those polled said they fear California's electric problems could [...]

New Yorkers are having second thoughts about the effectiveness of energy deregulation on ensuring a reliable supply of electric power More than 60 percent of people answering a recent poll [...]

Most of those responding to an e-mail poll of Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce members favor building the controversial Calpine power plant in San Jose's Coyote Valley, the chamber says. [...]

Salt River Project has been ranked one of the top-performing electric utilities in the western United States and one of the top in the nation for customer satisfaction, for the [...]

Are consumers willing to pay extra for a perceived 'quality' utility brand, as they are for branded consumer goods? The majority of respondents to a new Datamonitor survey of utility [...]

U.S. business customers still don't fully understand the deregulation of electric utiliities and have weak or strained ties to existing energy suppliers, according to a poll by RKS Research and [...]

Some fault the two-part tariff. Others see a region divided. THOUGH PROTESTS WERE STILL COMING IN (WITH THE deadline for comments extended past the July 4 weekend), it appeared at [...]

By the time utility deregulation has inundated consumers with ads for electric companies, they'll gladly return to candlelight, washboards and iceboxes. Moreover, odds are they'll stick with the utility they've [...]