Regulatory Lag: Administrative Causes and Solutions

摘要

The report contains findings on methods for reducing the administrative causes of regulatory lag, that is the reduction of the time between the filing of an electric utility rate request and the final disposition of that request. The findings resulted from research and experiments performed for the Experimental Technology Incentives Program (ETIP) in several states during which an independent investigator analyzed all activities and information flows of several state utility commissions. Chief among the identified solutions to lag are caseload management, case scheduling, common data formatting, and delegated hearing procedures. The other tools, described in published reports, deal with performance evaluation, productivity, automatic and discretionary adjustment, rate structure, future test year, and long range planning.