Sustainability: the core challenge facing public utilities

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Chapter 20 in Public Utilities, Second Edition, 2016, pp 402-432 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In many ways, the public utility industry is in the best condition it has ever been. However, many problems continue to plague utility managers and administrators; the challenges they face are exacerbated by human and natural events and conditions not previously encountered. The combination of climate change, security threats, population growth, urbanization and road congestion, and infrastructure deterioration form a set of challenges for utility managers that promise to severely strain their financial and operational resources. This chapter looks at five of the major challenges that utilities must surmount over the next twenty-five years and beyond, including making the repairs and replacements necessary in large segments of the industry’s infrastructure, dealing with an increasingly stringent regulatory environment, climate change related environmental repercussions, securing the necessary funding for capital improvements, and protecting against physical and cyberattacks.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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