"Your banker's on the line..." (investment bankers and utility executives combine efforts strategically)

Article Abstract:

The team effort between an investment banker and a utility executive is focused well on the welfare and financial stability of the enterprise, the banker offering counsel to help raise capital while the executive making worthy decisions. As the utility industry thrives, in a non regulated marketplace, for instance, new investments are considered a major contributor to the utility's asset base. In obtaining a concrete detail of any negotiation, the banker should attain an extensive knowledge of the utility company's business strategies and management.

Investment Banking and Securities Dealing, Electric Utilities, Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Investment Banking, Security brokers and dealers, Chief Executive-Functions, Investment banks, Chief executive officers, Executives

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Coal: an industry in transition

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Intense competition which will arise from the deregulation of electric utility markets will also have profound effects on the coal industry. Cooperation between coal-fired utilities and coal suppliers is needed for the utilities to remain competitive. The success of such cooperative arrangements will also depend on an acceptable return on investment for coal suppliers, which depends on a certain degree of flexibility in determining coal prices.

Bituminous Coal and Lignite Mining, Coal, Coal Mining, Fossil Fuel Electric Power Generation, Coal Thermal Electric Power, Cover Story, Coal-fired power plants, Coal fired power plants, Coal industry, Fuel and fuel systems

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GIS: the future of resource management and land planning

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Geographic information systems (GIS) and image-processing technology are rapidly proving invaluable to US public utility companies, helping them to obtain more comprehensive and documentable means of analyzing the impact of various land-based factors in the decision-making process. GIS store and manipulate geographic, demographic and socio-economic information, allowing the utility to understand spatial relationships among data.

Methods, Usage, Geographic information systems, Resource allocation

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