Services firms unbundle

To prepare for deregulated markets, power providers are restructuring their electricity services. In some cases, charges for generating electricity are being unbundled, or separated, from electricity transport and delivery charges, while other energy suppliers are trying to hold on to customers or attract new buyers by including a full range of operations and services with their electricity supply. Most energy management services are hesitant to predict just where the industry is heading, given its complex and changeable nature. The one recurring theme heard from industry suppliers is that it will take time to realize the beneficial effects of deregulation.