> But, like in most big organizations, I suspect the web people and the company data people don't talk to one another.

Sounds like you're trying to assume good intentions, but you sound extremely naive as a result.

The issue is privatized utilities. They are an ordained monopoly. Their failure to "talk to one another" is not a failure at all. They have no reason to even consider the problem in the first place. You're still paying them, are you not?