Features

• Rise of the CIO - The role of information technology in corporate strategy and governance, regulatory compliance, infrastructure security, and advanced technologies has put the chief information officer in a new light.
  BY MATT VILANO
  

• The Human Element - Utilities and their stakeholders are developing new programs to help them compete in today’s labor market.
  BY ERIC KRELL
  

• Dividend Stock Investors: Who Buys and Why? - As Congress debates extending the dividend tax rate reduction, we focus on individuals who own stocks—especially utility stocks— that pay dividends.
  BY THOMAS NEUBIG
  

News & Trends

• News and Trends - The floating wind farm…utilities shift load with ice… the energy-hungry data center… boosting customer satisfaction…state commissioners strive to coordinate… the Edison award… utility advertising spending…and more.

Departments

• Publisher's Message - Extending the dividend tax rate.

• Segmentation - Revenues rose for both regulated utilities and the competitive energy segment in 2007. Assets for the entire industry rose 6.2 percent.

• Fuels - Joseph Stanislaw writes about the need for mutual interdependence among energy-using and energy producing nations.

• Credit Ratings - In 2007, credit quality for the overall electric utility sector improved for the third consecutive year. Cash flow and regulatory actions drove ratings—both upgrades and downgrades.

• Another Perspective - The 30-percent solution.