• Accenture found in a survey of utility company executives that 32% said they had delivered projects on time and budget and another 34% stayed within a cost overrun of 25%.
• Electric companies made up the biggest portion of the executives that Accenture approached after the International Energy Agency said the energy industry will spend $38 trillion on capital projects through 2035.
• "The unprecedented scale and complexity of capital projects on the horizon prompted Accenture to undertake research into the delivery of projects throughout the world," the consulting firm said.

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How much will utilities and oil and gas companies overspend on large capital projects without improvements being made to the implementation process? The potential losses are staggering. ...