Multi-Utilities : Trends - Blurring Industry Boundaries
The prospects of cost savings, increased
market share, and other competitive advantages are prompting
more, and more utilities to cross traditional industry
lines, and offer services in several sectors. The note
reviews the changes occurred during the last two decades,
when deregulation, and private sector development raised the
quality, and expansion of utility services, opportunities
enhanced by technological developments, particularly in the
field of information, and communications technology, all
conducive to a multi-utility strategy. Horizontal
integration of infrastructure services occurred both at the
wholesale, and retail (distribution) levels: energy
companies at the wholesale level are seeking to leverage
trading skills between the gas, and electricity sectors;
and, at the retail level, multi-utility strategies have
taken the form of either leveraging the physical
infrastructure as a conduit for a range of services, or are
integrating separate utilities under the same corporate
umbrella. Thus integration of physical networks, of service,
and corporate, although not yet clearly defined, will strive
to capture the potential advantages of offering two, or more
utility service. However, even if integration makes sense,
certainly unforeseen policy, and regulatory implications
will need to respond and safeguard public interests, without
stifling innovation.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Sommer, Dirk |
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| Other Authors: |
Smith, Suzanne |
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2001-03
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| Subjects: | HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION,
UTILITIES,
PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION,
SECTORAL TRADEOFFS,
INFRASTRUCTURE,
UTILITY FUNCTIONS,
STATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES,
SERVICE DELIVERY,
DEREGULATION,
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,
DIVERSIFICATION,
CORPORATE PLANNING,
SECTORAL PLANNING HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION,
SECTORAL PLANNING,
BACKBONE,
BACKBONES,
BANDWIDTH,
BROADBAND,
BROADCAST,
BROADCAST NETWORKS,
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT,
BUSINESS MODELS,
CABLE,
CABLE TELEVISION,
COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE,
COMMUNICATION NETWORKS,
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK,
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY,
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES,
COST SAVINGS,
CUSTOMER LOYALTY,
CUSTOMER RELATIONS,
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS,
DOMESTIC GAS,
ELECTRIC POWER,
ELECTRIC POWER GRID,
ELECTRIC UTILITIES,
ELECTRICAL POWER,
ELECTRICITY,
ELECTRICITY MARKETS,
ELECTRICITY SERVICES,
ENERGY COMPANIES,
ENERGY MARKETS,
EQUIPMENT,
FUEL,
FUEL BILLS,
FUEL HEATING,
FUELS,
GAS PIPELINES,
GAS SERVICES,
GAS SUPPLIES,
GENERATION ASSETS,
INFORMATION SOCIETY,
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES,
INNOVATION,
INNOVATIONS,
INSTALLATION,
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER,
INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS,
LOCAL TELEPHONE,
LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPANY,
MARKET SHARE,
MARKETING,
MULTIMEDIA,
NATURAL GAS,
NETWORKS,
OPERATING COSTS,
PDF,
PHYSICAL COMMUNICATION,
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
POWER COMPANY,
POWER GENERATION,
PRIVATE SECTOR,
PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT,
PUBLIC INTERESTS,
REGULATORS,
REGULATORY IMPLICATIONS,
RESULT,
RETAIL MARKETS,
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES,
TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS,
TELECOM,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS,
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES,
TELEPHONE,
TELEPHONE COMPANIES,
TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS,
TELEPHONE SERVICE,
TELEPHONE SERVICES,
TELEPHONY,
TRANSMISSION,
TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE,
UPC,
UTILITY INDUSTRIES,
UTILITY SERVICES,
VERTICAL INTEGRATION,
VIDEO,
VOICE TELEPHONY,
WATER SECTOR,
WATER UTILITIES, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/16253073/multi-utilities-trends
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11401
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