1998 Top 10 Utility Companies - Site Selection Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1999

SITE SELECTION
1998 TOP 10
UTILITY
COMPANIES

• COVER PAGE

• CINERGY/PSI

• DETROIT EDISON

   •  ENTERGY'S
       TEAMWORK
       ARKANSAS

• GEORGIA POWER
COMPANY

   • MEMPHIS LIGHT,
       GAS & WATER
       DIVISION

• MIDAMERICAN
ENERGY COMPANY

• NEBRASKA PUBLIC
POWER DISTRICT

• OMAHA PUBLIC
POWER DISTRICT

• PP&L

• VIRGINIA POWER

A High-Voltage Location Resource:
Site Selection's 1998
Top 10 Utility Companies

by T I M V E N A B L E

Far more than mere providers of electricity and natural gas, Site Selection’s 1998 top utility companies proved a valuable asset for companies locating and expanding in their service areas last year.

Electricity is, well, electricity, right? It’s pretty much the same stuff, whether you plug in your computer or coffeepot in Mississippi or Manitoba.

True enough. But electricity providers -- those generating and distributing the power that turns the wheels of commerce -- can be as different as New York City (pop. 7.4 million) and New Brockton, Ala. (pop. 1,204) when it comes to the site selection resources they offer expanding firms.

Top 10 Utility Companies Armed with large, experienced staffs, cutting-edge technology tools and a clear mandate from upper management, the upper echelon of utility economic development departments is truly a valuable resource for site- seeking companies. In fact, hundreds of companies electrified their real estate and facilities plans last year with decidedly powerful support from Site Selection’s 1998 top utility companies (see chart).

To pick the top 10 from among the many electric and gas utilities active in economic development, Site Selection employed a dual approach. We surveyed the utility companies themselves, asking them to report on their facility-location and economic development accomplishments during the past year. Then we conducted personal interviews with a number of leading site selection consultants, asking them which utility companies’ economic development departments -- in their opinion -- are particularly effective in serving corporate expansion needs.

The profiles below, covering utilities from Pennsylvania to Georgia and Nebraska to Virginia, are the result of that analysis. Site-seeking firms will find valuable partners in these organizations: Site Selection’s 1998 top 10 utility companies.

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