Corporate Restructuring
26.06.2026 | Strategy Paper

OPTIMISING OVERHEAD COSTS FOR UTILITY COMPANIES

To finance the energy transition and to maintain competitiveness, utility companies urgently need to identify and realise potential savings in overhead costs.

According to KfW, 535 billion euros must be invested in Germany’s heating, electricity and gas distribution networks over the next 20 years in order to bring about the energy transition. However, this figure is confronted with a funding shortfall of 346 billion euros, with the majority of the investments required in the next ten years. This poses major financial challenges for utility companies. Simultaneously, utility companies need to identify and realise potential savings in order to maintain competitiveness. One key area to address this is the overhead costs that have built up over time.

What's inside?
  • Analysis of the historically grown overhead costs
  • Approaches to optimising overhead costs by department
  • Advantages and examples of industry benchmarking
  • Process and structural optimisations and an outlook on cultural change

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ABOUT HASELHORST ASSOCIATES

Haselhorst Associates is one of the leading restructuring consultancies in Germany and part of the growing H&Z Group. The team of around 35 internationally experienced consultants and partners develops tailor-made solutions for their clients: from analysis through project planning to implementation. In addition, Haselhorst Associates supports municipalities, utilities, and companies in their strategic positioning as well as operational implementation around urban transformation.

 

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Johann Georg von Hülsen

Managing Partner
For more than 20 years, Johann Georg von Hülsen has been working in consulting and industry leadership positions across manufacturing, retail and tourism, driving restructuring projects as well as performance improvement and operational excellence.
Johann Georg von Hülsen

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