Utility Companies Face Balancing Act as They Look to a World Beyond Recession

摘要

A recent report from London-based PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) found that global electric and natural gas utilities are facing the "difficult challenge" of balancing the near-term constraints of the global economic downturn with the long-term investments needed to meet future demand and address global climate change concerns. To conduct the analysis for their report, 2009 Utilities Global Survey, A World Beyond Recession, PWC surveyed senior executives of 65 leading power companies in 39 countries.