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28.07.26 - 04:24
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Utility Profits In The Crosshairs Amid Affordability Concerns (ZeroHedge)
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Utility Profits In The Crosshairs Amid Affordability Concerns
By Herman Trabish of UtilityDive,Last month, protesters angry over high electricity costs disrupted a Las Vegas conference of executives for the nation's biggest investor-owned utilities — a vivid example of growing public outrage that has forced the industry to again defend their legally guaranteed profit margins.
As affordability concerns increase political pressure, several states have taken steps to lower utilities' return on equity, either through regulatory or legislative action. Consumer advocates say these measures are long overdue, while utilities say suppressing their ROE could impact their credit rating, which would carry over into higher customer costs.
It is possible the combination of how vital electricity has become in the 21st century and its rising cost in the 2020s could lead to a turning point at this moment in the acceptable level of utility profits, experts told Utility Dive.
In a potentially pivotal and...
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27.07.26 - 16:24
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Warum Strom 2027 wieder teurer werden dürfte (RND)
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Die Bundesregierung will die Zuschüsse für Übertragungsnetze kürzen. Außerdem treibt der Iran-Krieg die Preise für elektrische Energie im Großhandel nach oben. Mögliche Aufschläge der Versorger hängen nun stark von deren Beschaffungsstrategien ab....
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26.07.26 - 08:51
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Bei Strom-Netzentgelten 2027 weniger Entlastung zu erwarten (DPA-AFX)
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BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - Stromkunden müssen im kommenden Jahr mit einer geringeren Entlastung bei den Netzentgelten rechnen. Sie sind ein wesentlicher Bestandteil des Strompreises. Ein Zuschuss der Bundesregierung zu den Übertragungsnetzkosten soll 2027 geringer ......
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23.07.26 - 09:15
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Das saudische Streben nach Atomkraft (Tagesschau)
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Mit der Unterzeichnung eines Atomabkommens mit den USA hat Saudi-Arabien ein lange verfolgtes Ziel erreicht. Atomkraft ist Teil eines größeren Plans, zu dem auch strategische Überlegungen gehören. Von Moritz Behrendt....
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23.07.26 - 05:00
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China′s power grid no longer keeping pace with green energy capacity, study says (SCMP)
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China is building more wind and solar capacity than the rest of the world combined, but transmission bottlenecks risk prolonging its reliance on coal, according to a report published on Tuesday by Global Energy Monitor (GEM).
More than 500 gigawatts (GW) of China's planned 1,360GW of utility-scale wind and solar projects were under construction, enough to put the country on track to meet its 2030 target to have wind and solar account for more than half of its installed power capacity by the end......
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