For a midwestern utility with electric and gas utility operations, Jim McMahon, Patrick Augustine, and Anant Kumar analyzed how the company would be affected under different future states of the world. We analyzed the expected performance of and risks to each operation and the company overall and then developed alternate strategies that included changes in capital spending and potential divestiture of operations.
Retail rate trends in the US: Fall 2026 update
Among the study’s primary findings were that retail rates had remained relatively stable in most locations, that factors other than data centers had put upward...



