The electric utility industry is immersed in a changing environment and deregulation is a key pressure driving this change. Careful strategic planning for what their future business will be is called for and there are concerns for the basis on which they will be competitive. Embedded in this...

In its bid to respond to evolving business requirements, the energy utility industry is exploring new ways to provide cost effective quality energy to its constituency while concurrently reducing the need for additional generation plants, consumption of non-renewable fuel resources, and...