While pundits discuss the necessity of preserving Thames Water as an investor-owned entity, the company company is facing a major long-term financing problem.
Shell Oil Company recently released a revised version of climate-related goals, pushing back near-term emissions goals as it focuses on its hydrocarbons portfolio.
Thames Water will be taught as a case study in schools of business and public administration a lesson in dogmatism, light-handed regulation, and lack of common sense
Buffett recognizes that the US electric utility industry has a voracious need for new investment but at the same time a deteriorating investment climate prevents him from investing incremental sums