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…
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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…
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…