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PwC is proud to once again be a part of the Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta (IPPSA) annual conference, taking place March 10-12, 2013 in Banff, Alberta. This year’s conference theme is Last Market Standing, focusing on Alberta’s market and the challenges and opportunities it faces. Want to learn more? Please contact one of our many utilities specialists.

Helping you get aheadHelping you get ahead
Global power & utilities statement of capabilities

With more than 4,000 specialists worldwide dedicated to the utilities sector, PwC has the industry knowledge and expertise to meet your needs. We deliver to a single PwC global standard, giving you the assurance of local market insight. This publication highlights how we can help.

Asset gain or drainAsset gain or drain
Are you making the right enterprise asset management decisions?

More than 40 senior executives and experts from 14 different countries gathered in May 2012 in Rome, Italy for PwC’s roundtable on the enterprise asset management (EAM) challenges facing power and utilities companies. This roundtable discussion paper covers topics including the implementation of PAS55, strategies for balancing and integrating risk management, and investment in asset renewal and replacement.

Power and Renewables DealsPower and Renewables Deals
2013 outlook & 2012 review

This publication is the latest in our annual series in which we look at mergers and acquisitions activity in the power and utilities sector. This year for the first time we bring together our previously separate power and renewable deals analysis into one report, reflecting the increasing mainstream role that renewable play in the generation mix.

How to become a player in the P3 marketHow to become a player in the P3 market
With public-private partnerships poised to grow in the US, it’s time for engineering and construction firms to get in the game

Public-private partnerships (P3s) are becoming more popular because they can produce a variety of benefits, including greater operational efficiencies gained from capitalizing on the private sector’s know-how and more appropriate allocation of risks to the parties best able to manage them. Produced by PwC US, this publication highlights some of the challenges and opportunities facing US engineering and construction firms with respect to P3s.

16th Annual Global CEO Survey
Power & utilities industry-specific findings

PwC’s Annual Global CEO Survey, now in its sixteenth year, aims to inform and stimulate the debate on how businesses are facing today’s challenges. View our findings from our discussions with leading power & utilities CEOs around the world.

Renewable energyRenewable energy
Global statement of capabilities

The power of the wind, the sun and other renewable resources are an increasingly important part of the world’s energy mix.


The shape of power to come: Investment, affordability and security in an energy-hungry worldThe shape of power to come: Investment, affordability and security in an energy-hungry world

PwC's annual Global Power & Utilities Survey examines issues such as demand growth, investment and affordability, cleaner energy, smarter energy and company strategies.

Financial reporting in the power and utilities industry: International Financial Reporting StandardsFinancial reporting in the power and utilities industry: International Financial Reporting Standards

This issue provides insights into how companies are responding to the various challenges, and includes examples of accounting policies and other disclosures from published financial statements. It examines key developments in the evolution of IFRS in the industry.

Offshore proof: Turning windpower promise into performanceOffshore proof: Turning windpower promise into performance

The offshore wind power industry has some way to go to prove it can take its place as a sustainable part of the energy mix.



European Power & Renewables Deals: Quarterly M&A outlook, Autumn 2012European Power & Renewables Deals: Quarterly M&A outlook, Autumn 2012

This PwC publication provides an analysis of European merger and acquisition activity on a quarterly basis in the power utilities and renewable energy industries.

Gain not pain: Managing risk in utilities capital projectsGain not pain: Managing risk in utilities capital projects

Senior executives and experts from ten countries gathered in March 2011 in Dusseldorf, Germany for PwC’s roundtable on the capital project and infrastructure challenges facing utility companies.