缅因州波特兰的消费者水务公司为其区域运营公司开发并实施了新的目标设定绩效衡量体系。新系统将根据公司的过去和未来表现，以及与同行和自身的关系，对公司的过去和未来表现进行审查。这一新的、可推广的系统的实施，使消费者水务公司能够评估其作为控股公司相对于其同行的历史业绩，并根据其固有能力为其个别区域公司制定可行、积极的目标。 该方法似乎很容易被其他水务公司采用。包括6个参考文献、表格、图表。

Consumers Water Company in Portland, Maine, developed and implemented a new goal-setting-performance-measurement system for its regional operating companies. The new system scrutinizes a company's past and future performance in relation to that of its peers and itself. Implementation of this new, generalizable system has allowed Consumers Water Company to evaluate its historical performance as a holding company versus that of its peers, as well as establish feasible, aggressive targets for its individual regional companies based on their inherent capabilities. The methodology appears to be readily adoptable by other water utilities. Includes 6 references, table, figures.