Innovation in State Public Utility Commissions: An Exploratory Study of Techniques in Energy Regulation

摘要

The research described in this study explores the implementation issue of four techniques in electric utility rate regulation by state public utility commissions. The techniques, considered innovations not previously used by a given state public utility commission, were advanced by the Experimental Technology Incentives Program in a project which explored regulatory lag and other hypotheses about the effect of regulatory improvements on technology.