Seeking a Path Forward and a Way to Pay for It
The Energy Industry Update (EIU) is a compendium of breaking news, emerging issues, and recent developments in the energy industry.
Early Summer 2006
Energy and utility companies continue to develop strategies to cope with fuel supply and price uncertainties exacerbated by last year’s monster hurricanes, new and evolving federal energy policies, industry consolidation (and associated uncertainty), an aging workforce, and an emerging need for new power generation capacity. At the same time, state regulators are beginning to see increasing costs and are not liking what they see…and they are letting the industry know it.
