: The multi-utility

Friday, January 1st, 2010

Owen McQuade looks at the multi-utility model and how it might develop in the future. With the liberalisation of energy markets and the commercialisation of water and sewerage businesses in the UK and in other countries, the model of the old vertically integrated energy utility has been changed. Market liberalisation has meant that gas and electricity transmission systems must be independently owned. The convergence of the gas and electricity sector has been well documented over the past 15 years....

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