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市場調查報告書
不景氣時的公用事業:B2B能源市場的策略因應
Utilities in the Downturn: Strategic Responses in B2B Energy Markets
| 出版商 |
Datamonitor |
| 出版日期 |
2009年04月 |
商品編碼 |
86414 |
| 內容資訊 |
英文 24 pages |
| 價格 |
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不景氣時的公用事業:B2B能源市場的策略因應 是由出版商Datamonitor在2009年04月所出版的。
這份英文市場調查報告書包含24 pages 價格從美金2795起跳。
房貸問題引發的信用危機發展成前所未有的不景気,各國經濟緊縮當中,電力、瓦斯、水力產業需求減少已是必然的局勢。但降價就長遠而言只是自損的行為。供應業者需要的是找出產業中的風險因素,進而發展出相應的對策。
本報告書內容包括:不景氣情況下的B2B公用(企業用電力・瓦斯)市場介紹、產業現況及未來展望等。內容綱要摘記如下:
Datamonitor的觀點
分析
- 電力・瓦斯B2B需求在歐洲全區都在減少當中
- 這次的全球不景氣是幾十年不見的全球性景氣後退
- 低迷的歐洲經濟可望在2010起開始好轉
- 相對於各國GDP結構比的區隔別能源消費量分析提供了能源消費整體狀況的新考察
- 公用事業不例外地都陷入不景氣。能源消費和經濟緊縮・擴張相呼應
- B2B能源業者比以B2C的業者更苦於因應不景氣的局勢
- 從資金流動緊縮、M&A機會層面來看,有信用的企業較有利
- 能源事業者靠各自的方法籌措資金
- 在針對特定風險因素採取相關措施的同時,業者應重新評估的市場區隔
- 造成公用事業實質面對的不景氣的需求面4大潛在風險
- 顧客可依據交易量風險和信用風險評價
- 根據這些風險評價標準,Datamonitor依不同產業分析不景氣情況下的脆弱性
- 歐洲經濟的大部份市場在2009年都緊縮,自2010年起可望復甦
- 顯示區隔別能源消費分析的部分大型顧客企業嚴重的交易量風險
- 歐洲製鐵市場在2009年一整年快速陷入不景氣。但2010年後可望復甦
- 陷入困局的建設市場是相關產業評估未來的試金石,現在是能源需求的來源
- 歐洲汽車產業雖陷入信用破壞的苦境,但和美國不同的是仍堅持著成長基礎
- 零售市場陷入與信用保證程度低落和消費者對未來的不安苦戰
- 英國零售市場的過度飽和將因今後更激烈的緊縮產生市場中的信用風險
- 除此之外,零售市場中也有部份領域因供給過剩和價格下滑導致企業破產
- 製造業雖若於極度的景氣下滑,但緊縮率已趨緩
- 業者也採取行動:全方位因應B2B需求減少產生收益減少的問題
- 採取對策因應顧客特有的風險
- 針對壞帳,徹底利用將風險管理有效委外的信用保險做為自保的手段
- 針對像零售業這樣業績和能源需求相關性不明確的有許多小型企業的區隔應採取邊際調整策略(擔保調整)
- 一般而言,信用評價制度的價値有其侷限,但用於針對收益擔保的穩定顧客選擇還是頗具效果
- 就算景氣低迷,B2B市場是安全性和機會的寶庫
- 對電力・瓦斯業者而言,雖主要以國營企業和優良民間產業為穩定客源,但整體的消費量不多
- 在現在的經濟情況下,應依照個別顧客伴隨的風險採取相應的安全策略
- 業者應依照各市場區隔的市場規模及交易量・信用風險確立其事業型態
- 就信用危機的性質而言,工業生產減少雖不至於持續到2010年之後,但能源需求的變化不會太大
- 大型業者將利用此段不景氣期,以低價進行M&A或設備投資
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Abstract
Introduction
What started as a mortgage market crisis has quickly developed into what may
the most severe recession in a generation. As economies contract, utilities
will see industrial demand weaken. Attempts to mitigate the effects through
tariff reductions are self-defeating in the long run. Utilities are better
served by identifying specific risks within their portfolio and tailoring a
bespoke response.
Scope of this research
- An overview of how the recession is affecting utilities and which of the
EU states are seeing the steepest decline in their gas & power demand.
- A risk analysis model to determine which types of clients are expected to
reduce energy demand and the manner in which that reduction will take place.
- Analysis of individual sectors and performance forecasts; with an overview
of how each sector is expected to perform.
- A set of strategies to mitigate the effects of the downturn on their
revenue streams - what utilties should look for when shaping their portfolio.
Research and analysis highlights
B2B gas and power demand is contracting across Europe. For the first time
since WW2 we are witnessing a global contraction in trade and production. The
impact this is having on B2B energy demand varies across the EU. So far
Eastern Europe is seeing the sharpest contraction, on account of high energy
intensity levels and reliance on heavy industry.
Utilities operating in B2B markets face four essential demand side risks as a
result of the recession. These can be segmented into Volume and Credit risks,
revealing not only the scale of the problem but the nature in which demand
contraction is likely to manifest itself.
Utilities are not powerless to act; a range of weapons can be deployed to
minimise the threats to revenue arising from B2B demand contraction. Utilities
must augment their view of risk profiling to cater for the specific challenegs
their clients are facing.
Key reasons to purchase this research
- Understand the implications of the downturn for the European gas and power
industry.
- Develop innovative client profiling and risk management techniques.
- Plan your strategy to not only survive the recession but to exploit the
range of opportunities which the downturn presents.
Table of Contents
DATAMONITOR VIEW
ANALYSIS
- B2B demand for gas and power is contracting across Europe
- The global economy is contracting; for the first time in decades we are
witnessing a reduction in global trade
- The European economy is in recession but the contraction is expected to
ease from 2010
- Analysis of energy consumption by sector against GDP composition by
country can add additional insight into energy consumption outlook
- Utilities will not be immune to the recession; energy consumption does
respond to contractions and expansions in the economy
- Utilities operating in B2B markets are likely to find the recession more
difficult to manage than those focused on B2C
- Liquidity contraction will present M&A opportunities for the more
creditworthy market players
- Utilities have employed different tactics for raising funds as a means
to finance debt
- Utilities must augment their view of market segmentation to tailor their
response according to specific risks
- Utilities essentially face four potential demand-side risks resulting
from the economic downturn
- Utilities can assess clients according to volume risk and credit risk
- According to these risk metrics, Datamonitor scores the economic sectors
on vulnerability in a downturn
- Most sectors in the European economy will contract in 2009 but rebound in
2010
- Analysis of energy consumption by sector reveals that several of the
largest consumers carry a high degree of volume risk
- Europe' s steel sector is set to contract sharply through 2009, with some
signs of possible recovery in early 2010
- The struggling construction sector serves as a useful bell-weather for
related industries and concurrently for energy demand
- Europe' s automotive industry is struggling with the credit crunch, but
remains fundamentally viable, unlike manufacturers in the US
- The retail sector is struggling with reduced credit availability and low
consumer confidence
- Over-capacity in the UK retail market means that the contraction will be
even sharper, producing credit risk in this sector
- Different sections of the retail sector will suffer, as over supply and
falling demand force business out of the market
- Manufacturing has suffered an extremely sharp downturn, but the rate of
contraction is already slowing
- Utilities are not powerless to act; a range of weapons can be deployed to
minimize the threats to revenue arising from B2B demand contraction
- Utilities can deploy their response according to client-specific risks
- Supply of credit insurance has tightened as firms have sought to protect
themselves from bad debt by effectively out-sourcing risk management
- Margining is appropriate in sectors with many small firms whose output
does not determine energy demand, such as retail
- Credit scoring is generally of limited value, but can help in targeting
stable clients when margining revenues
- Although turbulent, the B2B market offers safe havens and opportunities
- State institutions and regulated private industry represent a safe haven
for utilities during the downturn, but account for little overall consumption
- Remedies should be deployed according to the risks that a client entails
under the current market conditions
- Utilities should shape their portfolio according to market size, and the
volume and credit risk that each sector represents
- The nature of the credit crisis means that industrial output should not
continue to suffer beyond 2010; energy demand will pick up albeit slowly
- Large utilities are in a position to make the recession work for them
through cheap acquisitions and investment in infrastructure
APPENDIX
- Further reading
- Ask the analyst
- Datamonitor consulting
- Disclaimer
FIGURES
- Figure: EU27 macroeconomic Indicators, 2005 - 10
- Figure: Eastern Europe will see a steep decline in energy demand
- Figure: There is a weak but positive correlation between energy
consumption and economic growth
- Figure: B2B energy markets are more income elastic than B2C
- Figure: Utilities' Revenue Threats
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- Figure: UK energy consumption by economic sector
- Figure: EU steel output year-on-year percentage change, 2004 - 10
- Figure: EU construction output year-on-year percentage change, 2004 - 10
- Figure: EU automotive industry output year-on-year percentage change, 2004
- 10
- Figure: Consumer confidence index 2008 - 09
- Figure: Average annual growth rate in retail volumes across four decades
- Figure: Individual Retail Sub-Sector Outlooks
- Figure: The UK retail sector is set to shrink by £1.7 billion in 2009
- Figure: EU manufacturing contracted sharply in H2 2008
- Figure: Risk Solution Matrix
- Figure: Sector Profiles, Risks and Responses
- Figure: The traditional view of segmentation cannot respond effectively to
recession
- Figure: Relative risk and size of sector by energy consumption
- Figure: Average EU carbon steel price indexed to February 2007
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