The Incentive Theory of Regulation By Branko Terzic As an early proponent of what has been called “incentive ratemaking”, “price cap regulation” or “performance-based ratemaking”…
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Criteria and Principles of Ratemaking By Branko Terzic In public utility rate cases the subject of Bonbright’s “Principles” for rate making is usually a topic…
Main Reading Room of the Library of Congress in the Thomas Jefferson Building Who’s Enlightening the Public By Branko Terzic Consider, if you are in…
Maxims for Regulation By Branko Terzic Some years ago I created a bunch of maxims (“a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule…
Public Opinion and Public Interest By Branko Terzic Allow me to recommend Public Opinion by Walter Lippmann published in 1922.The general topic is that of…
Commissioner Emeritus: Practitioners of Scientific Regulation By Branko Terzic Those of us who have had the honor, pleasure and, sometimes, frustration of serving on state…
Noting Bertrand Russell on Skepticism By Branko Terzic Skeptics on the issue climate change caused by our use of fossil fuels often cite the notion…
Options for Water Utilities in Peril By Branko Terzic Would any state public service commission allow an investor-owned water utility to deteriorate to the level…
Competition to Electrify Africa By Branko Terzic Current estimates are the 600 million people do not have access to electricity service. Many of these people…
A Radical Model: Real Electric Competition By Branko Terzic Two decades into the 21st century and we still have, according to science historian Professor Vaclav…