Electric utility

SWEPCO serves a vast market in the electric utilities industry. The energy industry, comes with a host of serious risks that need to be managed, and AEP SWEPCO is no exception. The energy industry is difficult, if not impossible to predict. The corporate risk assessment below discusses AEP’s past and present business, as well as identifies risks and strategies on how to mitigate and manage them. AEP SWEPCO OVERVIEW OF INDUSTRY & CORE BUSINESS: A regulated utility is defined as a corporation that offers

Electric Utilities are a vital industry to the overall economy, and to our very way of life. Keeping the lights on, is for many people, the reason they go to work, that along with food, and other necessities. Therefore these companies serve a very important role, and just like other industries there is competition. Specifically, for our purposes, the electric utilities industry I’m going to focus on is the transmission of power from a generator, to a distribution center, another utilities company

Enron is an energy trading, electric utilities and natural gas formed in 1931. It was merged to Houston’s Natural Gas Company in 1985 by Kenneth Lay. It was the most innovative company for 6 years until it came crashing down in a terrible scandal known as the Enron Scandal which led to the suspension of Arthur Anderson. Enron’s stock price decreased rapidly and abruptly collapsed and filed for bankruptcy. Unfortunately, in 1987 Enron merged with Valhalla. The problem began because traders exceeded

FPL – An Overview FPL Group, Inc. is Florida's largest electric utility company. In 1925, through the consolidation of numerous electric and gas companies, they formed Florida Power & Light Company (FP&L). FP&L grew steadily over the next 50 years until rising fuel costs, operating issues, and construction costs began to decrease profitability. In the mid-1980s, FPL diversified with four major acquisitions - Colonial Penn Life Insurance Company, Telesat Cablevision, Inc., CBR Information Group

Dividend Policy at FPL Group Inc. Problem: On May 5, 1994 the utilities analyst of Merrill Lynch downgraded FPL Group Inc. due to an expectation of adjustment in dividend payments. The report also acknowledged the probability of a cut in the dividend. Kate Stark of First Equity Securities Corporation analyzes the situation and she has to predict what is going to happen. This investment alert was published dropped the stock price by 6% on the same day. 3 weeks ago Kate Stark has recommended a “hold”

For my interview report, I chose to analyze the Safety Team for a utility company called American Electric Power (AEP). For my interview, I had the opportunity to question leader Mr. Leon Lilly who is a DSS (District Systems Supervisor) within the company and Tom Smith who is a Line Crew Supervisor. Considered company leadership and one of the leading individuals on this team, Mr. Lilly is considered middle management, the liaison between corporate leaders and the employees who are conducting the

What are the two business paradigms? Within the business disciplines, we are fortunate to have two major paradigms (schools of thought): rationalist and behavioralist. An ideological/theoretical conflict has existed between the two paradigms for over 50 years. Is human decision behavior more consistent with the rationalist models or behavioralist models? Behavioral finance has grown out of this conflict and will likely result in the resolution of the conflict as time passes. What is a

It measures the number of units of Y that must be given up per unit of X added so as to maintain a constant level of utility. MRS = ΔY/ΔX Figure 1. A typical indifference curve The consumer is indifferent between combinations A (4food and 45clothing) and B (6food and 30 clothing). Thus the rate at which the consumer is willing to substitute is MRS = ΔY/ΔX

Explain what is implied by the assumption that decision-makers are rational? How is the assumption of rationality used in the economic analysis of individual behaviour? In many academic disciplines much is spoken about rationality and rational choices. Economists generally refer to 'rational' choices and that individuals in economic theory are rational. By rational we mean people choose options which they perceive to be the best, given the circumstances they are in. In terms of making

Econ3101 - Section 006 Intermediate Microeconomics Xavier Vinyals-Mirabent Due: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012. Solutions to Homework 1. 1 1. A consumer has preferences for two goods. Her preferences satisfy Axioms 1 through 4 as discussed in class. A v D v 10 E v 5 C v B v 0 0 5 (a) Plot and label the following bundles: A (2,10) B (6,2) C (0,4) D (8,10) E (4,6) (b) Assume A is indifferent to B (A ∼ B). On a single line, list all the bundles in descending order of preference