Strategic insights to power the year ahead
The changes coursing through the energy industry today might accurately be described as everything, everywhere, all at once. An AI-driven demand surge, upward pressure on rates, extreme weather, novel cyber threats, shifting decarbonization priorities—for utilities, these and other converging forces are making strategic and operational transformation a matter of when, not if.

Our 2026 Trends Guide for Energy Providers provides a concise roadmap for systemic change in the face of complexity. Leveraging the expertise of Guidehouse energy-sector specialists, we’ve identified four key trends for the coming year and offer insights and actions for navigating them. Our singular goal: Enabling utilities to locate opportunity in disruption.
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2026 Trends Guide: Energy Providers

Insights for utilities and energy stakeholders in the year ahead

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