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Power & Utilities

Strategy for the Next Decade

After a long period of general stability, power and utilities companies entered a time of significant change and uncertainty—beginning in 2010. Challenges include new and more stringent regulations, new forms of competition (even for regulated utilities), and questions about the best ways for power and gas grids to integrate conventional and renewable supplies. At the same time, digital is transforming how utilities serve customers, identify market opportunities, and plan for long-term growth. To thrive in this environment, utilities must reexamine and, in many cases, transform their business models.

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BCG helps networks navigate disruptions and transform for the future.

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With a range of techniques, BCG works with retailers to upgrade their strategy and operations.

Commodity Trading & Risk Management

Clients work with BCG to maximize the value of their power portfolio and discover other valuable solutions.

Distributed Energy Resources

Clients work with BCG to adapt their business models for DER challenges and opportunities.

Gas Supply Portfolio

BCG’s deep expertise helps clients optimize their gas supply portfolios.

For more topics related to the power and utilities industry, read about supply chain management, large capital project management, and procurement.

Transformation in Power & Utilities

BCG works with power and utilities companies around the globe to unlock solutions across the entire value chain of their portfolio, creating long-lasting growth and a clear path ahead.

With the evolution of today’s energy market, utilities must be prepared to reinvent themselves. BCG helps its global utility clients undertake five crucial steps in this process:

  1. Become a genuinely agile organization, ready for an uncertain future.
  2. Define the strategy for legacy assets and the future portfolio of activities, including the value of vertical integration.
  3. Deliver growth with new business models, becoming more customer centric.
  4. Improve operational performance and align with shareholder expectations for the future portfolio.
  5. Become fit for the future through digital, a changed culture, and more.

Center for Digital in Power & Utilities

Center for Digital in Power & Utilities

BCG’s Center for Digital in Power & Utilities uses deep utility experience combined with a structured approach to help companies define the digital vision, build new offerings, transform core businesses, and establish a solid foundation for full-scale digital transformation.

How BCG Delivers Impact in Power & Utilities

BCG delivers lasting change to our clients around the globe. Read about the impact we’ve had and the solutions we bring, and discover some of our best thought leadership.

Global Energy Scenario Model

Global Energy Scenario Model

Amid the challenges of climate change, volatile energy prices, and regulatory changes, BCG’s global energy scenario model helps companies make the best decisions possible.

Digital Health Check: Power Generation Digitization

Digital Health Check: Power Generation Digitization

BCG’s digitization health check helps power generators better understand and optimize their use of digital technologies.

Utility Reduces Churn and Boosts Profits

Utility Reduces Churn and Boosts Profits

BCG worked with a major European utility to design a strategy that would reduce customer attrition in the face of intensifying competition.

A Utility Transforms Its Operations and Culture

A Utility Transforms Its Operations and Culture

BCG worked with a large international energy utility to overhaul its core business and culture, resulting in substantial gains in operating efficiency and overall business performance.

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Electric Vehicles Are a Multibillion-Dollar Opportunity for Utilities

Electric Vehicles Are a Multibillion-Dollar Opportunity for Utilities

The boom in electric vehicles could create as much as $10 billion in value for the average utility. But companies must plan now and develop the right capabilities first.

How Utilities Can Manage Supplier Risk

How Utilities Can Manage Supplier Risk

BCG has developed an effective approach that utilities can use to minimize the odds of being blindsided by a major supplier-related event.

Transformation, the New Norm in Energy in the 2020s

Always-on transformation is becoming the default state in the energy industry.

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The Economic Case for Combating Climate Change

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Four Steps to Digitize Workforce Management at Utilities

In our work with leading utilities, we’ve found that companies can reap significant benefits even if they take just the first steps towards a fully digitized future.

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