About "Power & utilities"

The PwC power and utilities practice provides professional services to power and utilities companies.

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• 10Minutes

  10Minutes on the remaking of utilities
  

  3/13/13 | Power & utilities

  Aside from billing matters and service calls, customers historically have had little interaction with their utility providers. So it stands to reason that customer engagement remains a hurdle for traditional utility companies.

• Connecting the dots on risk: Internal audit departments developing comprehensive view
  

  2/20/13 | Power & utilities

  Internal audit executives in the power and utilities industry are responding to a more complex operating environment by collaborating with other risk assurance providers to generate a more complete view of risks facing their organization. This report presents the findings from PwC's Power and Utilities Chief Audit Executives Survey.

• 2012 technical update for the power and utilities industry
  

  2/8/13 | Power & utilities

  PwC's US Power and Utilities sector have released their 2012 technical update which provides our insights on emerging and ongoing accounting issues to support senior accounting and financial reporting personnel as they address year-end financial reporting issues.

• A winning field mobility deployment approach for power and utility companies
  

  2/8/13 | Power & utilities

  Mobile technology is changing the way that power and utility companies operate their businesses, from the job site to the back office. Utilities that successfully deploy mobility solutions achieve productivity improvements of 20% to 30%.

• North American power deals: Q4 2012 mergers & acquisitions report
  

  2/8/13 | Power & utilities

  Merger and acquisition activity revealed that six of the top 10 deals in the alternative energy sector, and deals valued $50 million or greater continued its upward trend in the 4th quarter of 2012. Find out more by reading this issue of Power Deals from PwC's US Power and Utilities practice.

• Webcast

  Trends in Power and Utilities Auditing: Highlights from the 2012 Chief Audit Executive Survey Webcast – February 13, 2013
  

  2/4/13 | Power & utilities

  This PwC webcast is designed to provide insight into new and emerging issues to help provide practical guidance for power and utilities internal audit departments, and features the results of our eighth-annual Chief Audit Executive Survey.

• PwC comment letter (SEC)

  SEC comment letter and reporting trends for the power and utilities industry
  

  1/28/13 | Power & utilities

  To assist power and utility company reporting entities preparing their year-end financial statements, PwC's US Power and Utilities practice have published the 2012 SEC comment letter trends for the power and utilities industry, which is based on our review of industry related comment letters on Form 10-Ks and Form 10-Qs published in 2012.

• Power and Utilities Alert 2012-08: Revenue from contracts with customers
  

  8/1/12 | Power & utilities

  The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and International Accounting Standards Board discussed the 2011 joint exposure draft, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The exposure draft respondents requested guidance on disaggregating contract deliverables into separate performance obligations.

• Power and Utilities Alert 2012-7: Beware of cliffs and waterfalls - Accounting for renewable investments
  

  7/20/12 | Power & utilities

  This Power and Utilities alert highlights accounting considerations for investors in renewable energy projects with tiered capital structures when applying the equity accounting method.

• Update on power and utilities accounting for rate-regulated activities under IFRS (Power and Utilities Alert 2012-6)
  

  7/18/12 | Power & utilities

  This Power and Utilities Alert describes recent developments regarding accounting for rate-regulated activities under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). It includes observations related to discussions on rate-regulated activities held during an IFRS Interpretations Committee (the Committee) meeting on July 10, 2012. This Alert supplements and updates Alert 2012-5.

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

  6/13/12 | Power & utilities

  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. Participants were drawn from different parts of the gas and electricity industry as well as from PwC. Our report summarises the discussions during the event.

• Power and Utilities Alert 2012-5: Accounting for rate-regulated activities under IFRS
  

  6/4/12 | Power & utilities

  The January 2012 meeting of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Interpretations Committee (the Committee) raised questions whether under IFRS customers within a regulatory jurisdiction can be combined into a single unit of account and how to recognize assets and liabilities.

• North American power deals: Q3 2012 mergers & acquisitions report
  

  5/3/12 | Power & utilities

  Power and utility industry announced deals over $50 million rose in the third quarter of 2012 to their highest point since the third quarter of 2011. Strategic investors led merger & acquisition activity in the sector in Q3 2012.

• Listening to the heartland: Insights into a customer-centric strategy for the smart grid
  

  4/30/12 | Power & utilities

  This report summarizes findings from a survey of Midwest energy customers on how they use energy, how smart grid technology will affect their everyday lives, and how much they expect to embrace new products and services related to the smart grid during the next few years.

• 12th Annual PwC Global Power & Utilities Survey
  

  4/23/12 | Power & utilities

  Download an executive summary or the full report of the 12th annual PwC Global Power & Utilities survey.

• Transforming material supply chain for US electric utilities: Material logistics benchmark study 2011
  

  3/13/12 | Power & utilities

  The supply chain is key for utility company cost reduction, but an industry-wide review of material logistics practices finds that some utilities have a method to improve their supply chains with little additional effort.

• Transforming IT with better business processes: How demand-driven IT can prepare power companies for grid modernization
  

  3/5/12 | Power & utilities

  Power grid modernization requires updates to power companies’ technology, people, and processes and a time when power company CIOs are being asked to contain IT spending. Adoption of demand based IT will enable power companies to achieve operational and cost efficiencies.

• Power and Utilities Alert: 2012- 3
  

  3/2/12 | Power & utilities

  Fair value measurements have come under discussion and review by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) due to accounting guidance, changes in economic environments, financial instruments and valuation models. Recent SEC remarks have focused on management's responsibilities on using information from third party pricing services in fair value measurements and disclosures.

• Climbing to greater insight and impact
  

  2/7/12 | Power & utilities

  Results from the PwC Power and Utilities 6th Annual Chief Audit Executives Survey show that Internal audit leaders at power and utility companies focus on aligning their value proposition with stakeholders’ expectations and on leveraging technology.

• North American power deals: Q4 2011 mergers & acquisitions report
  

  2/2/12 | Power & utilities

  This PwC report presents an analysis of North American deal activity in the power and utilities industry. Key trends in 4Q11 include the number of announced deals greater than $50 million had fallen 33 percent to six from nine deals in Q311, deal volume in the fourth quarter was down slightly over the previous quarter, and strategic investors dominated investor group with 100 percent of all acquisitions greater than $50 million.

• Smart grid investment grants: Navigating the challenges
  

  1/29/12 | Power & utilities

  The DOE’s Smart Grid grants have funded projects have created jobs while protecting the environment. Power and utility companies experience challenges in navigating the compliance requirements associated with the grants

• Power and Utilities Alert 2012-01: 2011 SEC comment letter trends for the power and utilities industry
  

  1/15/12 | Power & utilities

  A key consideration in financial reporting delivering transparent financial information to investors. 2011 SEC comment letter trends for the power and utilities industry is based on a review of industry related comment letters on Form 10-Ks and Form 10-Qs published in 2011.

• Power and Utilities Alert 2012-2: 2011 technical update for the power and utilities industry
  

  1/15/12 | Power & utilities

  This 2011 technical update addresses accounting issues impacting power generators and utilities to support senior accounting and financial reporting staff for 2011 year-end financial reporting It includes a discussion of anticipated future financial reporting issues that power and utility companies should consider.

• Power Deals: 2012 Outlook and 2011 Review
  

  1/12/12 | Power & utilities

  A review global merger and acquisition activity in the power and utilities industry with a focus on the effects of the Eurozone crisis on economic growth in 2012.

• Power and Utilities alert: 2011-07
  

  1/12/12 | Power & utilities

  PwC's Power and Utilities Alert highlights key issues and considerations in addressing the potential accounting implications for the Revenue from Contracts with Customers exposure draft, including areas that are consistent with the Boards' original proposal but require additional focus as the potential issuance date moves closer.

• Change is happening: Is your workforce ready?
  

  1/11/12 | Power & utilities

  Many power and utility companies have an aging workforce that creates operational risk, but they are challenged with how to best address changes within their organizations. A workforce survey by PwC reveals how leading power and utility companies are addressing change in leadership development, performance measurement, organizational realignment, and the role of human resources in supporting the business strategy.