The power and utilities sector, which fuels almost every other industry, is not accustomed to an accelerated pace of change. But decarbonisation, decentralisation, and digitisation are bringing new challenges — and speeding up evolution. Amid rising market uncertainty and increasing attention to climate change, the world’s largest utilities are shifting investments from large-scale power supply into the network. New value pools are forming in areas as diverse as energy management, electric car charging, and home automation. And instead of simply charging a fixed price to deliver electricity, utilities are rolling out pricing models and services more closely associated with consumer goods and industrial companies.
At Strategy&, we understand how nontraditional competitors approach the market. We work with traditional utilities, merchants, and marketers, as well as to investment firms, vendors and suppliers, and governments to prepare for change with near-term readiness and long-term growth. This is strategy, made real.