John Kay, an independent economist, points out that privatisation did not get rid of the public-policy issues, such as the need to ensure supply, that led utility industries to be nationalised in the first instance.

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While many clean technology leaders come from the male-dominated oil and gas and utility industries, research suggests that women are more likely to be drawn to cleantech because it serves a higher purpose of creating a sustainable environment for this generation and beyond.

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He helped assemble Entergy-Koch Trading, a joint venture between the New Orleans utility and closely held Koch Industries, last year.

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PowerGen is also rumoured to be talking with Houston Industries, an American utility, about a merger.

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Last year he helped assemble Entergy-Koch Trading, a joint venture of the New Orleans utility and the closely held Koch Industries.

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He says only General Electric would be large enough to swallow American Water Works whole, but companies like GE, ITT Industries and 3M have not shown previous interest in water utility assets, preferring to stick to water industrial assets--e.g. filtration, desalination and instrumentation markets.

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Along with Koch Industries, a privately held commodities giant, and Utilicorp United, a Kansas City-based utility, Enron is creating a new over-the-counter trading market in weather-risk management.

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Along with Koch Industries, a privately held commodities giant, and Utilicorp United, a Kansas City-based utility, Enron is creating a new over-the-counter trading market in weather risk management.

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