Not exact matches
The goal of deregulation was to promote competition in the
utility sector and drive down power costs, but sea changes in the space have created
challenges for merchant generators.
Will cutting rates really boost the
sectors that did much of the damage to April's GDP report like resources (can't influence commodities),
utilities (can't influence weather, with
utilities output just coming off a large surge in Jan / Feb) and manufacturing (bigger
challenges than CAD)?
One major
challenge for the growth of private
sector in Ghana has to with high
utility tariffs.
The historical energy
utility business model is breaking up, and the
challenge for policy makers is to be midwives for the birth of a new energy
sector.
These trends present a
challenging environment for the
utility sector, and its main political arm, the Edison Electric Institute, has sounded the alarm since its infamous 2013 paper, «Disruptive
Challenges», which noted that
utilities could go the way of Kodak and landline telephones if they do not adapt to the rise of distributed energy.
Through our industry
sector groups, which draw together lawyers from across specialisms and offices into
sector groups such as Energy and
Utilities, Infrastructure & Construction, Banks and Financial Institutions, Real Estate, we understand the
challenges facing different industries, both now and in the future.
Leoncio Montemayor, project manager at Solarplaza, was joined by David Groarke of Indigo Advisory Group and Killian Tobin of Omega Grid to give a broad overview of the advantages blockchain provides to the energy
sector; highlighting examples, trends and results for use cases for
utilities, as well as key learnings and
challenges for the future.