CITY UTILITIES
Tip #1 -- Power

Providing Power to your city is one of the first things you will need to do.  This is relatively easy and teams usually don't have much difficulty with this.

One thing to watch for is that power plants have a limited life (usually about 50 years).  As they get older they will have less capacity, and eventually they will self-destruct, and that can lead to big power outages.  You can use the [Query] tool to check each power plant to see if it's getting old and to see what it's current capacity is.

Some power plants will also cause a lot of pollution.  The less-polluting power plants cost a lot more, and some are not available until well into the future.  When you can, it's worth upgrading the power plants to minimize pollution.

Selling power to your neighbors is a great way to make extra money.  Of course this can lead to more pollution in your city, depending on what kind of power plants you have.

Use the [Adjust & Review] button, then [View Data], and look at the [Power Data Map] to find any areas that don't have power.

Also use the [Meet] [Utilities Advisor] to see if he has any recommendations.  Check with him often as he will let you know if the utilities are adequate or if any are getting old.

TIP -- Making sure your city is fully powered is worth up to 5 points on the Judges Scoring (item Energy #1).  

TIP -- Some power plants generate a lot of pollution.  Low pollution is worth 5 points on the Judges Scoring (item Energy #3) and worth 2 points on the Computer Score Sheet (item #9).