General Utilities Market Research Reports & Industry Analysis

General utilities otherwise known as service utilities and public utilities provide essential services to their ratepayers and organization members. Utility services are commonly limited to water, electricity, and natural gas or another heating fuel (such as propone or heating oil). These three primary services delineate their respective electric utilities, water utilities and gas utilities, which are ubiquitous across developed and modernized nations and regions. General utilities operate with relatively large revenue streams due to their monopolized services under the utility or service district and deregulation that has encouraged growth and consolidation among private utilities. General utilities can be classified as public utilities (including electric co-ops, municipal utility districts [MUDs]) and private utilities (including investor-owned utilities [IOUs]). The general philosophy behind private and public utility business models are the respective merits of regulated enterprise as a means of ensuring affordable public services to ratepayers and deregulated or free market dynamics providing ratepayers with service at the lowest cost.

Deregulation with private company involvement in the utility industry has proceeded the farthest in most countries with energy utilities – or gas and electrical utility services. Water utility industry deregulation, with increasing private utilities, has proven controversial due to the vital nature of the service. Deregulation in electricity and natural gas utilities has diversified the industries and allowed generators and power producers (known as merchants) without transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure to sell power on grids. Natural gas and electricity is also more easily traded in deregulated markets, like those found in the US and Germany.

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General Utilities Industry Research & Market Reports

  • Vietnam PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... and business activities (12.6%). In nominal terms, the three sectors are forecasted to grow by 12.8%, 12.8%, and 12.4%, respectively, in 2023. Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh are major metropolitan regions in Vietnam and about ... Read More

  • Spain PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... manufacturing, and utilities (17.0%). In nominal terms, the three sectors are forecast to grow by 4.3%, 4.7%, and 4.2%, respectively, in 2023. Four major autonomous communities of Spain generated around 78.1% of GDP in 2021 ... Read More

  • Utility Customer Engagement: A Necessity in Meeting Net-Zero Goals

    ... journey and efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, it is becoming apparent that utility customers will play an important part in meeting their net-zero goals. Meeting net-zero goals and emission reduction targets will not be an ... Read More

  • Enhancing Utility Operations Using Artificial Intelligence

    ... proven to be beneficial to utilities. Whether it is in generation, transmission, or distribution, the use cases and deployment of AI are on the rise in operational areas of the industry with expectations to bring ... Read More

  • Sweden PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... storage, and communications (12.2%). The three sectors are forecast to grow by 5.4%, 4.0%, and 5.1%, respectively, in 2023. Eastern Sweden and Southern Sweden contributed 85% to the country’s GDP in 2021 and comprised 83.2% ... Read More

  • Netherlands PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... and utilities (14.9%) in 2022. The three sectors are forecast to grow by 3.6%, 5.3%, and 4.0%, respectively, in 2023. Provinces of North Holland, South Holland and East contributed 60.0% of the country’s GDP in ... Read More

  • Metaverse in Energy - Thematic Intelligence

    ... now. As metaverse technologies develop, and as energy operations expand, the potential impact of the metaverse on the energy sector will grow. The metaverse is an important theme for the energy sector because technologies such ... Read More

  • South Korea PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... retail, and hotels (9.4%) in 2022. The three sectors are forecast to grow by 6.5%, 5.7%, and 3.0%, respectively, in 2023. Seoul, Busan, and Incheon contributed 31.9% of the country’s GDP and comprised 30.7% of ... Read More

  • Colombia PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... and hotels (13.7%), according to GlobalData. In nominal terms, the three sectors are forecast to grow by 6.2%, 7.8% and 6.6%, respectively, in 2023. Bogota, Cali and Medellin are among the best performing cities of ... Read More

  • Malaysia PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... communications (10.9%). These sectors are expected to grow by 7.2%, 8.7% and 9.8%, respectively, in 2023. Four major states (Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Kuching and Johor) contributed 61.2% of the country’s GDP in 2022 and comprised ... Read More

  • Egypt PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... terms, the three sectors are expected to grow by 17.2%, 17.0% and 18.2%, respectively, in 2023. Cairo and Alexandria are the best performing metropolitan areas in the country. They together accounted for 26.4% of the ... Read More

  • Germany PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... services (22.8%). The three sectors are forecast to grow by 4.8%, 4.8% and 5.3%, respectively, in 2023. Four major states comprised 60.4% of the country’s population in 2022 and 63% of the German GDP in ... Read More

  • China PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... communication (7.9%). These sectors are expected to grow by 8.3%, 8.7% and 9.0%, respectively, in 2023. Eastern China accounts for most of the provincial GDP. Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu and Guangzhou are the major cities of ... Read More

  • North America (NAFTA) Utilities Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast, 2018-2027

    ... also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the industry. Key Highlights The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a trade agreement between the countries ... Read More

  • Utilities Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast, 2018-2027

    ... the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the industry. Key Highlights The utilities industry consists of the electricity retailing, gas and water utilities markets. The electricity retailing market consists ... Read More

  • Utilities Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast, 2018-2027 (Global Almanac)

    ... descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the industry. Key Highlights The utilities industry consists of the electricity retailing, gas and water utilities markets. The electricity retailing ... Read More

  • BRIC Countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) Utilities Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast, 2018-2027

    ... 2027). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the industry. Key Highlights Brazil, Russian Federation, India and China (BRIC) are the emerging and ... Read More

  • Top 5 Emerging Countries Utilities Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast, 2018-2027

    ... The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the industry. Key Highlights These countries contributed $1,502.1 billion to the global utilities industry in 2022, ... Read More

  • Chile PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... The three sectors are forecast to grow by 4.6%, 6.3%, and 5.7%, respectively, in 2023. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, Global Innovation Index (2022), Chile secured 33 rank on logistics performance among 132 ... Read More

  • Luxembourg PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... and communication (10.7%) in 2022. These three sectors are forecast to grow by 4.3%, 4.5%, and 3.9%, respectively, in 2023. According to the World Intellectual Property Organization, Global Innovation Index (2022), Luxembourg’s ranked 24th out ... Read More

  • Belgium PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... retail, hotels (12.7%). The three sectors are forecast to grow by 3.8%, 2.4%, and 4.1%, respectively, in 2023. The Flemish region is among the best performing regions in Belgium. It contributed 59% of GDP and ... Read More

  • Japan PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... and hotels utilities (14.1%) in 2022. The three sectors are forecast to grow by 2.6%, 4.4%, and 0.4%, respectively, in 2023. Three major metropolitan areas in Japan generated 61.5% of the country’s GDP in 2022, ... Read More

  • Australia PESTLE Insights - A Macroeconomic Outlook Report

    ... (9.9%). In nominal terms, the sectors are expected to grow at 4.9%, 5.4% and 2.6%, respectively, in 2023, according to GlobalData. Four major metropolitan regions in Australia comprised 56.9% of the country’s population and accounted ... Read More

  • Canada Utilities Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2027

    ... contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Key Highlights The utilities industry consists of the electricity retailing, gas and water utilities markets. The Canadian ... Read More

  • Mexico Utilities Market Summary, Competitive Analysis and Forecast to 2027

    ... contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Key Highlights The utilities industry consists of the electricity retailing, gas and water utilities markets. The Mexican ... Read More

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