Effective Asset Management
Setting the Standards
Setting the Standards
Implications for Utilities and Regulators
Climate, Cyber and Weakened Balance Sheets
Unique Challenges
Widespread Impacts
Duke Energy, Southern Co., Dominion
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Western utility economics puzzle former Communists
It is often said that ratemaking is as much art as science.
It is the process of setting a return on equity that is fair to both shareholders and consumers that demonstrates the art and science practiced by regulators. One case reported here provides a good glimpse at the entire range of issues put before regulators: a decision by the Michigan Public Service Commission setting electric rates for Consumers Energy Company.
A History of Public Utility Regulation