7 responses

• Jim Cowie Jul 10, 2008
   

  From the article: The value of individual power plant data across the EU ``could easily run into billions of euros every year,'' for consumers, said Citigroup's Dawson, who couldn't provide a more specific estimate.
  
  Dawson based his calculation on the benefits to consumers of having real-time data on natural gas deliveries to the U.K., which has been estimated at hundreds of millions of pounds a year. The value of timely power plant information would be much more, he said.

   
• Jim Cowie Jul 10, 2008
   

  I love the idea that billions of euros' worth of information is floating in the breeze over Europe, waiting to be collected and fed to the markets.

   
• Jim Cowie Jul 10, 2008
   

  Bloomberg does a better job than anyone at filtering and presenting this kind of news. I hope the recent shakeups in their news organization don't change that.

   
• David S. Jul 10, 2008
   

  Another perk for the landed gentry!

   
• David S. Jul 10, 2008
   

  I mean, "billions of euros", that's like a gazillion dollars!

   
• donkeykonguk Jul 10, 2008
   

  what's a dollar?

   
• todd Jul 10, 2008
   

  donkeykonguk: about 0.04 euros