The Machine Civilization: One View By Branko Terzic Those alive today may view the remarkable technical developments of our life experience in the late 20th…
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“Shoemaker, Stick to your last!” Advice to Oil Majors By Branko Terzic Numerous commentators have criticized the petroleum industry for not making major investments in…
“Modern” Grandma meets Sam Insull By Branko Terzic “Our grandmothers were more modern than we are, they had a wireless iron 300 years ago!” (caption…
“They also serve who only stand and wait” A Water Case By Branko Terzic The headline of an article in in the Washington Post…
Electric Service and Developing Countries By Branko Terzic Sometimes answers can be found in unlikely places from unlikely sources. Take the question of “Why, deep…
Unique History of U.S. Public Utility Regulation By Branko Terzic The year 2023 marked the 116th anniversary of the establishment of state regulation of the…
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”…
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…