Utilities

Article Abstract:

British utilities underwent regulatory price reviews in 1999, and their outlook is likely to improve in 2000. No price reviews are planned for the utilities for a five-year period, except for the transmission activities of National grid. Dividend yields have been set, and some yields could be high due to financial difficulties. Water companies face competition, though this may not occur for five years. There is uncertainty over electricity generation. There are attractions offered by utilities at a time when quoted companies often do not pay dividends to stockholders.

Portfolio Management

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Desperately seeking growth

Article Abstract:

British electric utilities face new competition and pressures from the regulator, and some companies are marketing telecoms as a way of seeking growth. Electric and water utilities have diversified abroad as well as into other sectors.

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Which regulators are in line for the sack

Article Abstract:

The UK Labor party may win an election and this would lead to stricter regulations for UK utilities. Existing regulators may be replaced, and the most vulnerable are the electricity, water and rail regulators, while the gas and telecoms regulators appear more secure. Water and railroads are politically sensitive areas, and the electricity industry has seen many jobs lost, while executives' pay has risen. The gas regulator is popular, and gas prices have dropped, as have UK telephone call prices.

Telecommunications, Telephone Communication, Natural Gas Distribution, Railroads, Rail Transportation, Gas Production and Distribution, Gas Distribution, Telecommunications services industry, Telecommunications industry, Economic policy, Gas industry

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