The utilities sector is comprised of companies that consistently provide electricity, natural gas, and/or water to individuals and businesses. (This sector also includes companies that provide electricity through renewable energy sources, such as solar or hydro-electric power, as well as companies that generate and sell energy to utility companies.)

By Roger Sanders

Although they earn profits, utilities are part of the public service landscape, and therefore are heavily regulated. Even so, the utilities industry, as-a-whole, is trying to become a more technology-driven, sophisticated marketplace.