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January 20, 2026 | Performance Improvement & Turnaround
Creating Value in Regulated Energy and Water Utilities: A Practical, Evidence-Based Playbook
Energy and water utilities operate within regulated environments where revenues, returns, and service obligations are constrained by tariff methodologies, quality standards, and prudential investment rules. Yet “regulated” does not mean “value-static.” Utilities can materially improve cash genera...
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December 17, 2025 | PPPs & Privatization
Privatization of Electricity Distribution Utilities: Successes, failures, and what separates them
Electricity distribution is a politically sensitive natural-monopoly business with high sunk costs, strong public-service obligations, and performance that is often shaped as much by governance and regulation as by ownership. Global experience with privatizing, concessioning, or otherwise introdu...
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November 14, 2025 | Renewables & Decarbonization
Decarbonization Pathways for Power, Buildings, Transport and Industry
Limiting global warming to 1.5–2°C requires a rapid, coordinated transformation of energy systems across power generation, buildings, transport, and industry. The energy system currently accounts for roughly three-quarters of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with electricity and heat respon...
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