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US - closing the NStar - NU merger
Aus - the final electricity transmission decision for Queensland
UK - final decisions for the Scottish electricity transmission businesses
Aus - the Roma to Brisbane Pipeline Access Arrangement
UK - progress on the first RIIO gas price control
Aus - the final electricity distribution decision for Tasmania
France - will the new government stay pro-nuclear ?
US - smart meters in the gun - again !!
UK - compiling the next electricity distribution price control
France - merging the gas zones
Poland - EDF increases direct stake in Kogeneracja
US - closing the Constellation - Exelon merger
France - increasing the gas transmission tariff
Aus - the Victorian gas transmission Access Arrangement
Global - making electric cars work
Switzerland - reducing the feed-in tariffs
Aus - defining the control mechanisms
Japan - which way with nuclear ?
UK - pulling the plug on nuclear ?
Europe - does the Nabucco gas pipeline have a future ?
Aus - clarifying of distribution services for the next electricity reset
NZ - reviewing the transmission pricing methodology
UK - limiting future water prices
Aus - amending the electricity regulatory framework
NZ - update on the legal challenge to the mid-term reset
South Africa - reducing the feed-in tariffs
UK - appealing the proposed feed-in tariff cuts
South Africa - the push towards nuclear
NZ - finalising Transpower's CapEx Input Methodology
Aus - appealing the Victorian electricity distribution Determinations
Global - the promise of shale gas
US - the Duke - Progress merger stalls
Germany - buyers emerge for Open Grid Europe
India - British Gas looks to sell gas network in India
US - smart meters in the gun - again !!
Japan - nationalising TEPCO ??
Aus - the revised Powerlink proposal
NZ - determining the WACC for gas businesses
Aus - the revised Aurora Energy proposal
Aus - challenging the gas distribution decisions
UK - securing the gas supplies
NZ - post-election energy policy
Germany - the shifting sands of the nuclear phase out
Spain - post-election energy policy
US - Central Vermont and Green Mountain merger almost complete
US - progress on the Exelon - Constellation merger
NZ - draft gas distribution determination
Aus - the Powerlink draft determination
NZ - draft gas transmission determination
Aus - the Aurora Energy draft decision
Europe - E.On looks to sell gas transmission network
China - setting the feed-in tariffs
South Africa - nuclear power back on the agenda
India - "reviewing" nuclear safety
Japan - rethinking a nuclear future
NZ - setting the electricity grid revenues
Netherlands - increasing the electricity grid tariffs
Finland - increasing the electricity grid tariffs
US - recommending the Laredo - Lower Rio Grande Valley line
Netherlands - refunding the gas transmission customers
UK - winner of the pylon design competition
US - smart meter Bill gets rejected in Illinois
US - California deregulated car recharging points
UK - redesigning the pylons
Poland - Vattenfall sells Polish assets
US - exiting the non-regulated businesses
NZ - determining the WACC for electricity CPP's
NZ - suspending theproposed mid-term DPP reset
US - Central Vermont and Green Mountain file merger plan
US - extracting confessions from the Duke - Progress merger
NZ - focusing on asset management practices
Czech - investigating alleged anti-competitive behavior
NZ - finalising the Transpower revenue decision
Aus - challenging the gas distribution decisions
France - incentivising gas transmission investment
NZ - starting price adjustments for gas pipelines
US - update on Exelon's bid for Constellation
US - regulatory hurdles for the NU - NStar merger
US - progress on AES's acquisition of DPL
US - update on Duke's bid for Progress
NZ - public safety management systems
NZ - resetting the electricity default price path
Aus - final decision for the Amadeus Gas Pipeline
Germany - RWE sells Amprion
Germany - will EnBW sell its grid ?
Europe - RWE and Gazprom form joint venture
Germany - selling the grids (summary)
Philippines - privatisation surges ahead
UK - determining the efficienct expenditure
US - recharging electric cars
NZ - public safety management systems
Global - re-visiting E.On's strategy
Aus - the Queensland gas distribution final decision
Ireland - the transmission grid asset owned price controls
Aus - the Queensland electricity grid regulatory proposal
Aus - South Australian gas distribution final proposal
US - follow up on AES' acquisition bid for DPL
US - regulatory hurdles for the NU - NStar deal
US - Gaz Metro beats Fotis to Central Vermont
UK - setting the framework for the next rail price reset
Aus & NZ - prescribing distribution charges
NZ - public safety management systems
UK - redesigning the pylons
US - joining forces for regional grid development
NZ - progress on the NIGUP
US - Fortis enters theregulated US market
Canada - investing in the US
US - approving the Duke - Progress merger
Germany - phasing out the phase out of the phase out
NZ - the next gas distribution price reset
Aus - revised AGP access arrangement
NZ - electricity distribution starting price adjustments
NZ - exempting the sidewinder Pipeline
US - AES makes a bid for Dayton Power & Light
US - Exelon makes a bid for Constellation
US - a running total of recent deals
US - using batteries to complement wind
Aus - reshuffling the Queensland generators
Austria - unbundling gas transmission
US - what future hath coal ?
France - downward pressure o nfeed-in tariffs
Belgium - protecing consumers from price volatility
UK - setting the framework for RIIO - GD1
Aus - the Amadeus Gas Pipeline draft decision
Aus - the Queensland gas distribution revised access arrangement
US - rejecting the PATH
Aus - the South Australian gas distribution revised access arrangement
Global - the emerging ISO standard for asset management
US - First Energy completes Allegheny purchase
US - Duke Energy chases Progress Energy
US - NStar acquisition gets shareholder approval but hits a bump
Germany - shifting nuclear policies
Global - 25 years on from Chernobyl
US - consolidating the electric industry
Italy - recharging electric cars
US - securing peak MW's
China - investing for the future
Romania - privatising the grids
Romania - increasing electricity transmission tariffs
Aus - the Queensland gas distribution draft decision
Russia - increasing the grid tariffs
Aus - the South Australian gas distribution draft decision
UK - PPL buys E.On UK wires business
South Africa - RED1 dies an untimely death
Global - getting it right with electric cars
US - getting solar power right in California (hopefully)
US - increasing the wires tariff in New York
NZ - regulating the national grid
Wendell Willkie battles the PUHCA (part 2 of 2)
Brazil - Iberdrola buys Elektro Electricidade
Global - GDF Suez completes International Power acquisition
Arthur Carman lights up the City of Light & Water
Bernard Cobb builds an electric empire
NZ - update on regulating the national grid
US - state regulator recommends rejecting PATH
US - more on smart metering in California
Global - where are the trends leading us ?
Global - the emerging trends (M&A)
US - Iberdrola sells gas business to fund electricity
Aus - selling the NSW retail businesses
US - National Grid sells New Hampshire businesses
US - progress on First Energy's bid for Allegheny
Wendell Willkie battles the TVA (part 1 of 2)
US - Northeast makes a bid for NStar
US - PPL completes the E.On Us purchase
UK - the secret life of the national grid
Aus - the South Australian gas distribution reset
UK - the Bristol Water appeal
Aus - the Queensland gas distribution reset
Lloyd Mandeno wires up most of New Zealand
UK - negotiating the policy shifts to achieve energy security
Aus - re-thinking the feed-in tariff in New South Wales
US - power shift on Capitol Hill
City v's suburbs (Wanganui, 1920's)
NZ - the Electricity Industry Bill becomes law
Global - a closer look at the trends in feed-in tariffs
US, UK - where to with the nuclear option ?
South Africa - consolidating electricity distribution
Famous power struggles - battle of the currents (London 1880's - 1920's)
US - First Energy's bid for Allegheny gets shareholder approval
NZ - regulating the new ultra-fast broadband
China - meeting demand for gas
Global - examining E.On's "On Top" strategy
People in power - John Butters wires up Tasmania
Switzerland - grid tariffs under pressure
UK - Cheung Kong offers to buy EDF Energy
US - PPL closes E.On US deal
Famous power struggles - city v's country in Palmerston North (1930's)
UK - is vandalism beyond reasonable control ?
US - smart meters in Maryland
UK - has RPI-X had its' day ?
US - smart meters in California
People in power - William Rankine harnesses Niagara Falls
Chile - examining the nuclear policy
NZ - safety management systems
UK - progress on the EDF Energy sale
Switzerland - E.On sells stake in BKW FMB Energie
US - update on PPL's acquisition of E.On US
UK - bringing the London Underground back under public control
US - smart meters in the gun ?
Germany - not so smart metering (in fact none at all)
US - securing energy supplies
Famous power struggles - private and public interests clash in Los Angeles (1920's and 1930's)
NZ - draft energy strategy
Brazil - examining the nuclear policy
NZ - progress on the Electricity Amendment Bill
US - recharging electric cars takes a sensible turn
People in power - Bill Latta connects the islands
NZ - safety management systems
US - progress on EDF's bid forConstellation Energy
Belgium - GDF Suez sells Fluxys stake
US - PPL buys E.On's US businesses
Ireland - update on the SEM
NZ - facilitating renewable generation
Private interests clash in Jeruslaem (1921)
Finland to build more nuclear stations
US - a hiccup with smart metering
US - smart grids encouraged by law in Maine
The brother Lewthwaite light up Banks' Peninsula
Romania - increasing the transmission grid tariffs
India - increasing tariffs in Tamil Nadu
Philippines - backing down on the tariff increase
Argentina - examining the nuclear policy
Australia - energy policy in the West
Bulgaria - funding new nuclear stations
US - considering tariff equalisation arrangements
US - taxing wind ower in Wyoming
People in power - Pinhas Rutenberg powers up the Holy Lands
Europe - reshuffling the industry
US - SWEPCO buys Valley Electric
Aus - draft decision for the NSW gas networks
Global - transmission subsidies for renewable generation
US - what future hath coal ?
NZ - reshuffling the industry
NZ - regulating the national grid
James Stobie - a bloke of concrete & Steel
UK - progress on the EDF Energy sale
US - First Energy takes a poke at Allegheny Energy
US - securing energy supplies
UK - final water & sewage pipes decision
Aus - draft Queensland and SA wires decision
UK - final wires decision
Aus - the Victorian electricity distribution proposals
NZ - the initial electricity lines default reset
NZ - setting the WACC
US - RWE divests American Water stake
Holland - forming the north-west electricity market
NZ - the draft default reset for April 2010
Belgium - settling the nuclear dispute
UK - pressing ahead with nuclear
Global - does nuclear have a future ?
Germany - E.On sells EHV grid to TenneT
UK - Veolia looks to sell the UK water business
US - progress on EDF's bid for Constellation
US - the Russian's are coming
Germany - consolidating the gas markets
NZ - safety management systems set to become law
NZ - final approval for the 400kV grid
Aus - the NSW gas pipes draft decision
UK - progress on the 5th electricity price control
Bulgaria - examining the nuclear policy
Germany - forming the nuclear policy post-election
Aus - lifting the retail electricity price caps
Managing the CapEx
UK - EDF looks to sell the UK wires
France - gas under pressure
NZ - draft decisions on the Default Price Path reset
US - opposition to Energy Corridors
NZ - the future of asset management plans
Switzerland - electricity under pressure
Germany - unbundling the grid
Lithuania - examining the nuclear policy
France - merging the gas zones
Aus - keeping generation and retail separate
US - big batteries for the Lone Star State
Germany - EnBW takes a bite of EWE
Europe - gas under pressure
NZ - the future of asset management plans
Austria - incentivising investment and efficiency
UK - the draft water & sewage determinations
Uk - meeting energy loss targets
Czech Republic - examining the nuclear policy
Germany - which way for nuclear ?
Europe - unbundling lines andenergy
NZ - controversy in the electricity market
Spain - consolidating the energy market
NZ - assessing spend estimates
Aus - the SA and Queensland electricity resets
US - the NY Regional Interconnect gives up
US - lobbying for energy policy in Mississippi
Holland - examining the nuclear policy
US - progress on EDF's bid forConstellation Energy
Spain - update on Gas Natural's pursuit of Union Fenosa
Germany - consolidating the gas markets
US - public power generation in Maryland
NZ - draft approval for the 400kV lines
Aus - amending the service incentive scheme
NZ - revised Government Policy Statement
US - Ohio's energy policy
Spain - examining the nuclear policy
Europe - a swing to the right
US - Allegheny sells distribution networks to co-op's
Japan - securing gas supplies
Ireland - progress on the single electricity market
Aus - varying GasNet's access arrangement
Aus - final electricity distribution determinations
Aus - final electricity transmission determinations
Aus - final decision on WACC
Europe - concluding the gas market investigation
UK - selling the airports
US - the super-grid question
France - examining the nuclear policy
UK - securing Britain's electriicty supplies
US - Maryland seeks to re-regulate
NZ - judicial review of the 400kV decision
NZ - setting the default electricity price paths
Aus - gas pipeline access guidelines
NZ - reviewing electricty sector governance
Ireland - declining the gas tariff increase
Europe - examining the nuclear policies
Europe - E.On creates acquisition opportunities
Aus - BG Group captures Pure Energy
Germany - RWE sells gas network
NZ - regulating electricity lines over the next year
Aus - setting the Cost Allocation Method
NZ - examining the "Minister's List"
Europe - examining Vattenfall's strategy
Europe - EDF feels the heat whilst E.On powers on
NZ - reviewing electricity sector governance
US - taxing new power lines
US - overseeing the electricity super highway
NZ - clinching the Powerco sell-down
Europe - Vattenfall catches Nuon
UK - OFGEM concludes its investigation
Belgium - limiting Electrabel's market share
UK - policy issues behind the Brit Energy sale
Germany - regulating competitive assets
Sweden - re-thinking the nuclear phase-out
Aus - the AER takes over from the ESC
UK - update on the 5th DPCR
Aus - reviewing the WACC
Portugal - promoting investment
Holland - progress on the Nuon sale
Aus - draft NSW and ACT wires decision
NZ - overturning the new base load thermal moratorium
NZ - a new range of regulatory instruments
US - the battle for Constellation Energy
Holland - RWE acquires Essent
Aus - BG Group catches Queensland Gas
Holland - will Nuon follow Essent
NZ - changes to the Information Disclosure requirements
UK - update on the 5th electricity price control
NZ - BBI sells 50% of Powerco
Aus - BG Group pursues Queensland Gas
Spain - Gas Natural's bid for Union Fenosa
Spain - EDF's bid for Iberdrola
Germany - back-peddling on the nuclear shut-downs
US - the battle for public power in the Bay City
Aus - consolidating the upstream gas industry
Germany - consolidating gas market zones
NZ - decision not to declare control of Buller Electricity
NZ - decisions not to declare control of various lines businesses
US - public v's private generation
UK - could gas fill the generation gap?
US - Michigan's energy policy
UK - merging EDF Energy and British Energy
Aus - AER draft access arrangement
US - approving the Devers - Palo Verde #2 transmission line
US - EDF sets its sights on America
Aus - reviewing the cost of equity
UK - update on the 2010 water price control
France - gas distribution tariffs amidst uncertainty
Aus - classifying the Queensland electricity services
Global - the future of coal
NZ - proposed NPS for renewable generation
Aus - BG abandons its bid for Origin
US - Iberdrola finally catches Energy East
UK - EDF catches British Energy
NZ - update on the Commerce Amendment Bill
NZ - putting lines & energy back together
Aus - the NSW privatisation takes a new shape
NZ - decisions not to declare control
Aus - Victorian water decisions
Ireland - approving the gas tariffs
US - update on the Energy East acquisition
Spain - update on the Iberdrola takeover
Spain - GasNatural's bid for Union Fenosa
Europe - splitting lines and energy
Turkey - privatising the grids
UK - re-privatising British Energy
Aus - progress on the NSW privatisation
Germany - the cost of equity
Belgium - government suspends gas tariff decision
Aus - proposed demand management incentives
Aus - the revenue proposals (ActewAGL, Transend and TransGrid)
Aus - the revised GasNet tariff finally gets approved
NZ - Wellington sale approved
Aus - BG makes hostile bid for Origin
NZ - progress on the Commerce Amendment Bill
Holland - setting out the X factor methodology
Aus - preparing for the Queensland wires determination
NZ - re-set methodology update
Europe - did GDF and E.On collude
Japan - securing gas supplies
Aus - possible moves to limit foreign sovereign investment
NZ - matters requiring attention
NZ - reasons for not declaring contorl of Vector
NZ - decisions for not declaring control of lines businesses
UK - reopening the 4th electricity price control
NZ - Transpower administrative settlement accepted
NZ - shareholders approve Vector sale
Aus - BG's bid for Origin comes unstuck
Europe - interest in E.On's transmission business
Europe - Suez sells its Distrigas stake
NZ - revised Government Policy Statement
NZ - progress on the Commerce Amendment Act
NZ - the input methodologies
NZ - matters requiring attention
NZ - the Vector sale all but concludes
Aus - BG Group makes a play for Origin
US - Maryland might consider public generation
UK - balancing security of supply and the environment
US - easing congestion gets some legal teeth
NZ - amending the infomration disclosure requirements
Aus - reviewing the terms of an access arrangement
Aus - ElectraNet's revised proposed pricing methodology
Aus - revised VENCorp pricing methodology
NZ - matters requiring attention
NZ - implementing the conclusions of the Part 4A review
Aus - approving the cost allocation methods
UK - OFGEM investigates SP and S&SE
EU - unbundling takes an interesting turn
Aus - compiling the queensland wires price control
UK - compiling the 5th electricity price control
Aus - the final VENCorp price determination
NZ - national policy statement on electricity transmission
UK - British Energy in the spotlight
Aus - AGL considers selling a few assets
NZ - matters requiring attention
UK - National Grid allegedly abuses its market position
NZ - changes to AMP disclosure requirements
Aus - final thoughts on the NSW and ACT schemes
NZ - review of Part 4a of the Commerce Act 1986
UK - rethinking the gas and electricity price controls
Aus - compiling the Queensland wires price control
Aus - the final Victorian gas distribution price control
Germany - consolidating the gas market areas
Aus - progress on privatising the NSW generators
US - the Energy East privatisation
NZ - matters requiring attention
Estonia - import duties on electricity ??
Spain & Portugal - progress on the single energy market
US - the Energy East acquisition
Spain - Iberdrola comes under attack
Europe - Spain breaches the EU Merger Regulations
NZ - draft decisions for not declaring control of Vector
Aus - final determination for SP AusNet
Germany - approving the electricity transmission tariffs
Austria - abandoning the Energie AG float
NZ - matters requiring attention
NZ - preliminary thoughts on the 2009 lines price threshold
UK - initial thoughts for the 2010 water price control
Aus - preliminary position on the ACT and NSW price controls
Aus - follow the money trail
Aus - final decision on the EA revenue cap revocation
UK - nuclear gets the go ahead
NZ - review of the GPS on Gas Governance
NZ - matters requiring attention
NZ - review of Parts 4, 4A and 5 of the Commerce Act 1986
NZ - clearing the way ofr lines company generation
Aus - NSW and ACT electricity distribution re-set guidelines
Aus - draft SA electricity transmission determination
Aus - ACCC declines revised GasNet access arrangement
UK - final gas distribution proposals
Aus - draft VENCorp electricity transmission decision
Aus - Energy Australia seeks revocation of revenue cap
Aus - privatising the NSW generators
Ireland - progress on the Single Electricity Market
US - progress on the Energy East acquisition
UK - sale of Yorkshire Water
UK - United Utilities sells wires business
UK - Spark goes on the prowl
Romania - formation of an energy champion
NZ - matters requiring attention
Aus - SP AusNet presents revised proposal
Ireland - electricity transmisison determination
Aus - Moomba - Adelaide pipeline coverage revoked
Europe - the Volkswagen law
Aus - transmission pricing methodology guidelines
UK - the Southern Water sale
Europe - the spoils of the GDF Suez merger
NZ - transmission issues and windfarms
Aus - lifting the retail price caps
Europe - the converging drivers
NZ - matters requiring attention
UK - updated gas distribution price proposal
NZ - gas under pressure
NZ - draft decision on controlling transpower
NZ - Supreme Court dismisses Unison appeal
Finance - what is an acceptable equity beta
US - California heats up (again)
Europe - Spain may have broken anti-trust laws
NZ - funding the three wets
US - rethinking energy policy in Ohio
Europe - splitting lines & energy
UK water - a clarification
NZ - matters requiring attention
Aus - draft Victorian gas pipes determination
NZ - Vector considers its options
France - the GDF Suez merger
Aus - gas under pressure
Global infrastructure - reader response
Aus - draft Victorian wires determination
CapEx - general interest stuff
US - the TXU sale proceeds
UK - water under pressure
US - Iberdrola takes a tilt at energy East
NZ - public safety management systems become law
Global infrastructure - in crisis or just groaning ??
Ireland - draft gas pipes determination
Europe - competition, collusion or national interest ??
UK - the impact of DG on security standards
NZ - draft DG Reg's become operative
Europe - E.On plays out the end game
NZ - northward march the pylons
Europe- towards a single electricity market
Aus - NGC Transco sells Basslink
Christopher Hinton consolidates an industry
NZ - northward march the pylons
Aus - work on the SA transmission price cap begins
PAS 55 - the emerging standard for asset management
Finance - the changing role of equity (Part 2)
Aus - its all over for Alinta
Spain - ENEL captures Endesa
Ireland - creating a single electricity market
Aus - incentivising transmission reliability
Global - a few thoughts on asset renewals
France - update on the Suez - GDF merger
Ezra Scattetgood, the father of municpal power
NZ - Unison's woes formally come to an end
UK - gas distribution price controls
NZ - progress on the electricity lines price re-set
Finance - the changing role of equity (Part 1)
Europe - EDF makes a bid for RWE
Aus - final grid pricing decision in Queensland
UK - progress on the British Energy sell-down
France - the GDF - Suez merger becomes political
Norman Speer powers up the queen city
NZ - the Parts 4, 4A and 5 review
Aus - gas pipes tariff review in Victoria
Europe - E.On refocuses on industry consolidation
Aus - water under pressure in Victoria
UK - Iberdrola finally captures ScottishPower
NZ - 2007 electricity asset management plans
UK - Texas flirst with re-regulation
Venezuela - nationalising Electricided de Caracas
Aus - Alinta considers the bids
David Lilienthal and the battle for public power
Aus - Alinta considers demerger
Spain - will E.On ever takeover Endesa ??
US - the race for TXU gets murky
Italy - what's ENEL up to ??
Germany - Ruhr Gas looks to Iran
US - Connecticut considers re-regulation
Europe - keeping the lights on
Europe - unbundling lines & energy
UK - Iberdrola moves closer to ScottishPower
George Battersby wires up the graden city
A quote to ponder
Aus - AGL and Origin propose merger
US - privatising TXU
Spain - E.On edges closer to Endesa
South Africa - will RED1 sink or swim ??
Aus - Alinta seeks supreme court ruling (errata)
US - competing bills in the Montana legislature
Aus - AGL acquires PowerDirect
Argentina - Edesur gets a tariff increase
UK - nuclear program suffers setback
Aus - Origin plans asset sales
Venezuela - nationalisation begins
Aus - revoking & substituting TransGrid's revenue
Phil Sporn builds an electric empire
NZ - 2007 electricity asset management plans
NZ - northwards march the pylons
Aus - will Origin and AGL merge ??
Europe - the threat of disaggregation looms
Aus - Alinta seeks Supreme Court ruling
Spain - E.On's bid for Endesa continues
Aus - the Victorian gas distribution price controls
Venezuela - nationalising the power
Aus - Alinta is in play
Holland - Essent &Nuon consider merging
Aus - the PowerLink price re-set
Hendrik van der Bijl lights up South Africa
NZ - 2007 electricity asset management plans
Aus - the race for GasNet is over
UK - and the rce for Thames Water is over
Aus - and the race for AllGas is over
Aus - and the race for Sun Retail is over
UK - and the race for ScottsihPower is over
Aus - and the race for APT begins
NZ - Taranaki might get an LNG terminal
UK - British energy encounters some bother
Wendell Willkie and the battle for private power
NZ - Unison makes administrative settlement offer
Aus - Roma to Brisbane pipeline draft determination
Holland - compiling the third electricity price control
Aus - the race for GasNet is on
Romania - ENEL buys a stake in EMS
Spain - E.On's bid for Endesa continues
Aus - NZ - Contact - Origin ends merger plans
Aus - Babcock & Brown bids for GasNet
US - demand soars in California
Aus - the nuclear debate begins
EU - E.On finally catches Endesa
Aus - AGL & Alinta's regulatory concessions
EU - E.On moves one step closer to Endesa
Spain - and Gas Natural doesn't
Aus - the plug is pulled on Snowy
UK - Brit Energy looks to sell coal-fired plant
US - can deregulation be undone
Aus - expanding the Dampier - Bunbury Pipeline
UK - continuing the nuclear debate
NZ - easing the way for lines company generation
Aus - selling the Queensland retailers
NZ - an initial "no" to the 400kV line
Aus - Alinta & AGL reach agreement
France - Suez & Gaz de France seek merger
Aus & NZ - Contact - Origin merger delayed
NZ - asset management plans
Aus/NZ - Contact & Origin propose a merger
Spain - Gas Natural's bid for Endesa trips over
Aus - Pipeline trust buys the Murraylink
NZ - Unison's price control woes near the end
Aus - possible caps on the snowy privatisation
Global markets - efficiency versus effectiveness
NZ - survey results
Europe - E.On makes surprise bid for Endesa
Aus - privatising Snowy Hydro
UK - ScottishPower rethinks strategy
Aus - carving up Western Power
UK - SP and S&SE may merge
Aus - more on the Victorian wires appeals
Aus - Alinta takes on AGL
UK - gas distribution price controls
NZ - Transpower and the Commerce Commission
Europe - reviewing E.On's "On Top" strategy
Aus - Alinta seeks growth opportunities
Europe - Gazprom takes an interest in the UK
Spain - Gas Natural bids for Endesa
UK - Thames Water up for sale
NZ - customer consultations and AMP's
UK - the battle for ScottishPower takes a turn
Aus - appeals to the Victorian wires determination
UK - more on the future of nuclear energy
Aus - more on the AusNet and Spark floats
NZ - update on the 400kV lines
France - quick follow-up on the EdF float
NZ - customer consultations and AMP's
Aus - final wires determination in Victoria
NZ - Vector reduces gas pipeline tariffs
Aus - Meridian sells Southern Hydro
Europe - EdF edges toward privatisation
Aus - AGL plans to demerge
Aus - SingPower plans to float SP AusNet
NZ - survey on ODV costs and information disclosure
NZ - developing a long-term view for energy
Aus - Alinta does a partial float
Europe - E.On eyes ScottishPower
NZ - update o the 400kV lines
Finance - making the shift to IFRS
NZ - Vector completes NGC takeover
Aus - Snowy buys Valley Power peaker
NZ - electricity under pressure
Aus - all eyes on Southern Hydro
Asset strategy - getting the renewals right
NZ - gas under pressure
Aus - Contact looks to sell stake in Valley Power
NZ - Vector debuts on the NZX
Aus - Meridian may sell Australian assets
NZ - Todd proposes Auckland generation
An apology
Aus - breaking up Western Power
NZ - Vector bids for outstanding NGC shares
Aus - Victorian draft wires determination
NZ - cross-border leases
Aus - Pipeline trust buys into GasNet
Global - Power under pressure
Aus - selling the NSW electricity retail businesses
US - MidAmerican acquires PacifiCorp
Aus - SingPower considers floating PowerNet
Aus - the final water pipes determination in Victoria
NZ - time for AMP's again
Aus - progress on the national energy regulator
NZ - progress on the 400kV grid
Aus - fnal wires price determination for Queensland
UK - the nuclear debate gets hotter
Aus - expanding the DBNGP
NZ - Electricity Commission consultations
Aus - electricity lines price control in Queensland
UK - finalising the Transco sale
Europe - gas expands westward
NZ - will Vector float ??
Aus - electricity lines price control in SA
NZ - new rules for DG
Aus -CLP get ACCC approval
NZ - Todd plans a new power station
Utility Consultants advises ScanPower (client project)
NZ - Electricity commission consultation
NZ - Commerce Commission consultation
Aus - SingPower sells merchant assets
Aus - progress on the single energy regulator
UK - water under pressure
Aus - electricity lines price control in SA
Utility Consultants advises Unison (client project)
Electricity Commission consultation
NZ - progress on the NGC sale
UK - British Energy re-lists
NZ - new gas finds
UK - nuclear may have a future afterall
NZ - gas under pressure
California - progress on AB2006
NZ - LNG moves a step closer
Markets - how much reserve capacity is enough ??
NZ - big users consider coal
UK - final electricity distribution price controls
Aus - another generation shake-out ??
NZ - update on the Powerco and NGC sales
Aus - the end of the Epic journey
NZ - moving toward financial transmisison rights
Finance - is WACC out of whack ??
Aus - water under pressure in Victoria
NZ - electricity industry consultation
NZ - the Bill becomes law
NZ - industry update
UK - update on the distribution price control
Markets - the price is right (or is it ??)
NZ - joint marketing of Pohokura gas
UK - more on the British Eenrgy bailout
India - the demand for power
NZ - Australian Gas Light heads for home
UK - American Electric Power heads for home
Aus - update on the Dampier - Bunbury Pipeline
US - California considers deregulation (again!!)
NZ - progress on the Electricity & Gas Industries Bill
UK - Transco sells regional gas pipes businesses
Aus - the Gas Access Regime review
Aus - prohibiting vertical re-integration
NZ - Origin Energy captures the Contact stake
Aus - funding the CapEx in NSW
UK - bailing out British Energy
Aus - market dominance in Victoria
UK - progress on the next water price control
NZ - Prime Infrastructure captures the Powerco stake
Get your share of $2 billion of council business
Having confidence in the asset spend
Aus - prohibiting vertical reintegration
NZ - Contact Energy sale hits the competition hurdle
NZ - giving choice to the customer
UK - the next electricity price control
Global update - deregulation
Insights into strategic growth (Part 3)
Aus - prohibiting vertical reintegration
NZ - reshuffling the ownership
Global update - supply essentials
Utility Consultants advises the Hutt-Mana Energy Trust (client project)
The director comments
Consolidating electricity distribution in Africa (Part 3)
NZ - the Electricity & Gas Industries Bil 2003
Insights into strategic growth (Part 2)
NZ - new opportunities for DG in the post-Aqua era
Delivering the earnings growth
NZ - changes to the disclosure requirements
Consolidating electricity distribution in Africa (Part 2)
Insights into strategic growth (Part 1)
Utility Consultants advises Buller Electricity (client project)
Pipes & Wires turns 3 years old
Gas - still under pressure in Aussie (Part 3)
Consolidating the energy regulators (Part 2)
Water in Wales goes the full circle
Consolidating electricity distribution in Africa (Part 1)
Gas - merging the Shanghai distributors
Utility Consultants advises ScanPower (client project)
US - fuelling electricity price volatility
UK - selling the local gas networks
Consolidating the energy regulators (Part 1)
Gas - still under pressure in Aussie (Part 2)
Utility Consultants advises ElectroNet (client project)
Gas .... still under pressure in Aussie (Part 1)
Disclosing electricity asset management plans in NZ
Competition gets wet in the UK
Electricity line price thresholds in NZ
Utility Consultants advises Electra (client project)
Lines threshold compliance in New Zealand
Was energy trading behind the bankruptcies
Utility Consultants advises Aurora Eenrgy (client project)
Re-thinking electricity transmission (re-printed article)
E.On gets "On Top" of Aquila Networks
Getting the CapEx right
Utility Consultants advises the Counties Power Consumer Trust (client project)
Rewarding regulated business
Scottish & Southern fails in bid for Aquila Networks
Gas under pressure down under
A few global thoughys on gas infrastrucutre
Managing asset stranding in the NZ context
Improving the value of the customer relationship
US - after the lights come back on
UK - putting together the fourth price control
Germany - acces costs play out in court
Global - what is UNE-P ??
Czech - the hunted becomes the hunter
Aus & NZ - competition in the sky
Germany - E.On extends its reach
Germany - Ruhrgas auctions gas entitlements
UK - British Energy's woes continue
EU & US - E.On launches gas expansion strategy
Czech - E.On consolidates its position
US - more on consolidating transmission
Germany - three bids for Gelsenwasser
US - Mirant files for bankruptcy
Germany - E.On sells stake in Bayerngas
UK - the fourth electricity price control
Aus & NZ - is there room for another mobile operator ??
US - back to basics for the power industry
US - FERC squares off against ACC
UK - RWE acquires Innogy
NZ - gas goes under the microscope
UK - Suez sells stake in Northumbrian to re-focus
Aus - Murraylink becomes regulated
Aus - more on Epic's tariff dispute
NZ - keeping Tranz Rail on track
NZ - lines price control becomes law
NZ - airport price control
The swinging pendulum of price control
NZ - joint marketing of Pohokura gas
UK - Scottish & Southern scores Midlands
Portugal - merging electricity & gas
Spain - Gas Natural abandons bid for Iberdrola
NZ - more on electricity lines price control
Aus - Alinta captures United, MultiNet & Ikon
Belgium - capping energy prices
NZ - Telecom ordered to wholesale some services
NZ - mixing the waters in Wellington
Aus & NZ - the Air New Zealand / Qantas alliance
NZ - does rail have a future ??
Czech - CEZ loses the final anti-trust ruling
Spain - a tough one for the competition authorities
US - consolidatingelectricity transmission
UK - Vivendi persists with Southern Water
NZ - more on electricity line sprice control
UK - PPP's head underground
Germany - promoting competitve markets
UK - the 2005/06 water price review
Norway - Fortum's creeping acquisition
Re-thinking electricity transmisison (Part 3)
Regulatory - limiting vertical re-integration
Germany - RWE grows the water business
Hungary - E.On's takeover of EDASZ is approved
Italy - recovering the stranded costs
Germany - E.On subsidiaries agree to merge
Belgian distributors agree to consolidate
Spain - Gas Natural makes a bid for Iberdrola
Czech - CEZ beats the anti-trust ruling
NZ - more on electricity lines price control
E.On - the end of the long road is in sight
NZ - what does the LGA mean for water ?
US - California finally abandons deregulation
Austria - EU examines power merger
Gas - the significance of eastern Europe
Re-thinking electricity transmisison (Part 2)
Strategy - the next global investment wave
Aus - merging gas & electricity
Privatisation - a snap shot of Europe
NZ - introducing financial transmission rights
NZ - toll roads emerge
Deregulation - what makes Texas different ??
Rail - subsidies & externalities
Re-thinking electricity transmission (Part 1)
E.On - the long road to success
Czech - CEZ battles the anti-trust ruling
NZ - electricity lines price control
Aus - a different modle for the gas pipes
Ontario - the battle for Bruce Power heats up
NZ - Watercare wants to retail
NZ - reshuffling the gas pipes
Price capping - Ontario might follow California
NZ - the emerging risk of lines price control
UK - reshuffling the electricity again
Strategy - seeing resources as costs or capabilities
Markets - electricity deregulation is working
Argentina - foreign debt risk
Strategy - hedging electricity price risk
NZ - reshuffling the generation
NZ - Auckalnd Airport shares for sale
UK - mitigating regulatory risk (Part 2)
Finance - securitising high performing assets
UK - Powergen acquires TXU Europe
UK - investment in the face of regulation
A year on from Enron
UK - nuclear power under pressure
Strategy - the rise of forward integration
Germany - TXU heads for home
UK - the water gets murky
US - is re-regulation a possibility ??
UK - ScottishPower refocuses on energy
NZ - the future of Auckland's water
Finance - depreciation of long-life assets
NZ - price control at Auckland Airport
Aus - AEP sells CitiPower
UK - mitigating regulatory risk (Part 1)
NZ - a new model for Wellington's urban rail
UK - more reshuffling in the power indusrty
Aus - the end of an Epic battle
NZ - Vector acquires United Networks
Aus - gas under pressure
Global investment - the fourth wave
Finance - repaying the stranded debt
UK - Eon clears the final barrier to Powergen
UK - EdF acquires SEEBoard from AEP
Re-thinking the business model
UK - ring fencing Wessex Water
Aus - the sale of Sydney airport
Finance - recapitalising Network Rail
Aus - sale of Pulse to AGL
France - partial sale of EdF and GdF
Aus - gas under pressure
Global investment - the third wave (continued from issue #7)
Sweden - integration into the European market
UK - Vivendi acquires Southern Water
UK - more changes in electricity distribution ownership
NZ - regulation of electricity lines
UK - restructuring the Railtrack Group
Aus - the sale of CitiPower (again)
Global investment - the third wave
UK - the sale of Wessex Water by Enron
Finance - debt funding in response to regulatory pressure
Czech - turmoil in the midst of privatisation
Aus - sustainable ownership of gas transmission pipes
Consolidation of electricity distribution businesses
NZ -successive slaes of the Southpower supply business
Global investment - the second wave
Electricity - industry reform for efficiency
NZ - consolidating the gas pipes business
Aus - more on the Epic Energy draft decision
US -could the Enron collapse halt further deregulation ??
Norway - leading the Scandanavian reform
UK - a sustainable future for the tracks business
NZ - successive sles of the Southpower supply business
Global investment - the first wave
Czech - privatising in the midst of turmoil
UK - mixing water, gas & electricity
NZ - airport price control
UK - strategies behind the continuing sale of the SWALEC supply business
Aus - electricity & gas converge in Victoria
UK - reshuffling the electricity distribution companies
Germany - arapidly consolidating industry
Special feature - the final bit on the future of network utilities
Aus - an Epic decision
UK - the continuing sale of the SWALEC supply business
Aus - amalgamation of three NSW distributors
US - power pricing when markets don't quite work
Aus - levels of ring fencing in the five inter-connected states
NZ - electricity lines regulation
UK - strategy in the face of water pressure
Special feature - a bit more on the future of network utilities
UK - customers make huge savings
NZ - electricity asset management plans
Aus - amalgamation of three NSW distributors
NZ - electricity lines regulation
US - more happenings in California
NZ - merging Auckland's water
UK - the continuing saga of Welsh Water
NZ - changes to the Requiring Authority
Special feature - the future of network utilities
US - what's really happening in California ?
UK - the consequences of excessive regulation
UK - ringfencing the distribution businesses
NZ - progress on electricity price control
Current comment
NZ - possible mergers of water activities
Aus - ringfencing the distribution businesses
NZ - disclosing gas asset management plans