1st Edition

Public Utility Rate Making In An Energy Conscious Environment

By Werner Sichel Copyright 1979
    145 Pages
    by Routledge

    145 Pages
    by Routledge

    This collection of papers by some of America's most respected scholars and practitioners in the field of public utility regulation provides an up-to-date analysis of urgent problems and proposed remedies concerning the electricity and natural gas industries. The authors--two academic economists, a professor of law, a practicing attorney and consume

    Introduction -- Electric Utility Rate Structures in the United States: Some Recent Developments -- Nonuniform Pricing Structures in Electricity -- Natural Gas Regulations: Problems and Options -- Applying Marginal Cost Analysis to the Rate Structure for Natural Gas Sales to Ultimate Customers -- Evaluation of the New Mexico Public Utility Rate Indexing Experiment -- Procedural Impediments to Optimal Rate Making -- New Economics in Energy

    Biography

    Werner Sichel, professor of economics at Western Michigan University, received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He has served as a consultant to business firms, consumer groups, and law firms and is the author or editor of ten books and numerous articles in the fields of business and economics.