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Report November 8, 2016

Revenue Regulation and Decoupling: A Guide to Theory and Application (incl. Case Studies)

By Jim Lazar, Frederick Weston, Wayne Shirley, Janine Migden-Ostrander, Dave Lamont, Elizabeth Watson

Under traditional regulation, utilities make more money when they sell more energy. Yet this reality is at odds with explicit public policy objectives that utility and environmental regulators are charged with achieving, including economic efficiency and environmental protection. Many utility-sector stakeholders have recognized the conflicts implicit in tradition...

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Report June 28, 2011

Revenue Regulation and Decoupling: A Guide to Theory and Application

By Jim Lazar, Frederick Weston, Wayne Shirley

This guide was prepared to assist anyone who needs to understand both the mechanics of a regulatory tool known as decoupling and the policy issues associated with its use. This would include public utility commissioners and staff, utility management, advocates and others with a stake in the regulated energy system. While this guide is somewhat technical at points...

Energy Efficiency and Demand Response, Pricing and Rate Design, Revenue Regulation, Role of Regulatory Institutions Download View Summary
Report January 9, 2009

Utility Sector Incentives and Disincentives for Renewable Energy

By Wayne Shirley

This white paper, prepared for the Arizona Leadership Summit on Solar Energy and Economics held in Phoenix on January 9, 2009, addresses utility sector economic incentives and disincentives and their impact on the deployment of renewable energy....

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Report June 30, 2008

Revenue Decoupling Standards and Criteria: A Report to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

By Wayne Shirley, Jim Lazar, Frederick Weston

In 2007, the Minnesota legislature enacted a new statute, Section 216B.2412, in which it defined an alternative approach to utility regulation, decoupling, and directed the PublicUtilities Commission (PUC) to “establish criteria and standards” by which decoupling could be adopted for the state’s rate-regulated utilities.To fulfill its obligation to develop ...

Energy Efficiency and Demand Response, Regulation and Governance, Revenue Regulation, Role of Regulatory Institutions Download View Summary
Report September 1, 2001

Distribution System Cost Methodologies for Distributed Generation

By Wayne Shirley, Regulatory Assistance Project

This paper focuses on the actual costs of distribution utilities in the U.S., based on FERC Form 1 filings from 1994-1999, and identifies deviation between particular distribution expansion costs and average marginal and average embedded costs....

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Report May 29, 2001

Recommended Philippines Regulatory Reforms

By Wayne Shirley

The Philippines' utility industry is still vertically integrated, but it is expected that generation will soon be separated and turned into a more competitive business. Our recommendations focus on the distribution utility....

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