TITLE

Model behaviour

AUTHOR(S)
Barnard, Roger
PUB. DATE
January 2009
SOURCE
Utility Week;1/23/2009, Vol. 30 Issue 4, p34
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article reports on the claims by Roger Barnard, head of regulatory law at EDF Energy, that the Great Britain Office of Gas & Electricity Markets (Ofgem) should be wary of some of the easy answers being bandied about it as it explores alternatives to RPI-X regulation. Price controls on the RPI-X incentive model were first implemented during the utility privatisations of the 1980s and they were seen as the best alternative to the direct regulation of dividends and profits.
ACCESSION #
36889188

Tags: ELECTRIC utilities;  BARNARD, Roger;  EDF Energy PLC;  ELECTRIC power;  GREAT Britain. Office of Gas & Electricity Markets

 

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