utilities

The utilities sector encompasses companies responsible for generating, transmitting, and distributing electricity and other essential services like water and gas to consumers and businesses.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to the immense pressure to manage grid reliability, rising costs, and supply shortages while meeting the massive new power demands from data centers.

Latest on utilities

• Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
• Utilities are caught between both
• Data centers need power now, so utilities greenlight gas plants on 30-to-40-year depreciation schedules
• Utilities across the United States have increased investments in virtual power plants and distributed battery systems over the past year to maintain grid reliability during peak demand periods.
• utilities and grid operators are now under pressure to manage reliability, cost allocation, and supply shortages at the same time

Connections

10 entities linked to utilities across the news graph.