Future of Utilities

Industry leaders from energy service providers, utilities, associations, think tanks, NGOs, and executives from the manufacturing, finance, and technology sectors shared their perspectives on the drivers and opportunities in the global transition to a renewables dominated future. Listen to the podcast to hear insights from our speakers and their sessions.

The move towards electrification through greener means will change the way we power our communities, industries, and daily lives. In this podcast, Simon Dixon Global Transport Lead, Duncan Barnes, EMEA Digital Utility Lead, and Justine Bornstein, Energy & Transport Insights Lead share their views on how the transport and energy sectors are changing.

As cities vie to attract growing businesses, talent, and innovation in an increasingly global competition, renewables and utilities will have a key role in achieving their smart city goals. In this podcast, Marlene Motyka, Deloitte's US and Global Renewable Energy Leader and Bernadette Cullinane, Deloitte’s Australian Oil, Gas and LNG Leader, discuss renewable energy, smart cities, global insights and the diversity of trends that the energy industry is currently seeing.  

Businesses see opportunities to create new value by conserving resources, diversifying energy sources, procuring renewables, and deploying energy management systems and applications. Host Tanya Ott met with Stanley Porter, Vice Chairman and national industry leader for Deloitte’s Energy, Resources & Industrials (ER&I) practice and Marlene Motyka, US and Global Renewable Energy leader—authors of Deloitte’s 2019 Resources Study—to discuss how businesses and consumers are tackling climate change’s challenges and how to reduce carbon footprints.

Is the era of selling electricity as a commodity coming to an end? A big shift is underway in the retail power sector and the rise of three interrelated global trends, digitalization, decarbonization, and decentralization, are threatening the long term viability of traditional business models. The pace of change is increasing and retail power companies need to innovate to compete. Deloitte UK’s Duncan Barnes and Peter Sayburn discuss the major trends impacting the retail power market with host Susan McDonald.