Electricity in the United States

Electricity in the United States

Datamonitor's Electricity in the United States industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the electricity industry. It includes detailed data on market size and segmentation, plus textual and graphical analysis of the key trends and competitive landscape, leading companies and demographic information.

Scope

* Contains an executive summary and data on value, volume and/or segmentation

* Provides textual analysis of the industry’s recent performance and future prospects

* Incorporates in-depth five forces competitive environment analysis and scorecards

* Includes a five-year forecast of the industry

* The leading companies are profiled with supporting key financial metrics

* Supported by the key macroeconomic and demographic data affecting the market

Highlights

* Detailed information is included on market size, measured by value and/or volume

* Five forces scorecards provide an accessible yet in depth view of the market’s competitive landscape

* Market shares are covered by manufacturer or brand

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Market Definition

The electricity market consists of the sale of electricity to industrial, commercial, household and other end-users, including agricultural and transport users. The volume of the market is calculated as the total volume of electricity consumed (in billions of kilowatt hours, kWh), and the market value has been calculated according to average annual electricity prices. Note that 1 TWh is identical to 1 billion kWh. Any currency conversions used in the creation of this report have been calculated using constant 2006 annual average exchange rates.

For the purpose of this report the Americas comprises Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the US.

Europe comprises Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.

Asia-Pacific comprises Australia, China, Japan, India, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan.

The global figure comprises the Americas, Asia-Pacific and Europe.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
CHAPTER 1 Market Overview 7
1.1 Market Definition 7
1.2 Research Highlights 7
1.3 Market Analysis 8
CHAPTER 2 Market Value 9
CHAPTER 3 Market Volume 10
CHAPTER 4 Market Segmentation I 11
CHAPTER 5 Market Segmentation II 12
CHAPTER 6 Market Share 13
CHAPTER 7 Five Forces Analysis 14
7.1 Summary 14
7.2 Buyer Power 15
7.3 Supplier Power 16
7.4 New Entrants 17
7.5 Substitutes 18
7.6 Rivarly 19


CHAPTER 8 Leading Companies 20
8.1 American Electric Power Company, Inc. 20
8.2 Southern Company 25
8.3 Duke Energy Corporation 29
CHAPTER 9 Market Forecasts 33
9.1 Market Value Forecast 33
9.2 Market Volume Forecast 34
CHAPTER 10 Macroeconomic Indicators 35
CHAPTER 11 Appendix 36
11.1 Methodology 36
11.2 Industry Associations 37
11.3 Related Datamonitor Research 37

LIST OF TABLES
Table 1: United States Electricity Market Value: $ billion, 2002-2006 9
Table 2: United States Electricity Market Volume: TWh, 2002-2006 10
Table 3: United States Electricity Market Segmentation I: % Share, by Value, 2006 11
Table 4: United States Electricity Market Segmentation II: % Share, by Value, 2006 12
Table 5: United States Electricity Market Share: % Share, by Volume, 2006 13
Table 6: Key Facts: American Electric Power Company, Inc. 20
Table 7: Key Financials: American Electric Power Company, Inc. 24
Table 8: Key Facts: Southern Company 25
Table 9: Key Financials: Southern Company 28
Table 10: Key Facts: Duke Energy Corporation 29
Table 11: United States Electricity Market Value Forecast: $ billion, 2006-2011 33
Table 12: United States Electricity Market Volume Forecast: TWh, 2006-2011 34
Table 13: United States Size of Population (million) , 2002-2006 35
Table 14: United States GDP (1995=100), 2002-2006 35
Table 15: United States Inflation, 2002-2006 35