Businesses linked with the electricity, natural gas and water sectors, are generally characterized by being capital intensive natural monopolies, having exclusive jurisdiction on a certain geographic region and being regulated by specialized entities.
This combination of attributes creates the need to study the multiple aspects of the companies’ activities in order to optimize the utilization of resources.
Sunk investments used by consumers must be recovered throughout their useful life, generating in turn, reasonable profits compared with activities of a similar risk. In addition, the costs caused by the efficient delivery of the service must be recovered through tariffs.
The deep debate concerning the Utilities business causes significant impacts on the companies: their profits are modified as well as value of their assets and the penetration of the service in the community.
Quantum has developed thorough knowledge of the variables and the impacts affecting the market in order to provide the best support to their clients in the following services:
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