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Access Now! Retail Cost Recovery and Rate Design in a Restructured Environment

State Restructuring and Regulatory Policy

States have initiated numerous proceedings to restructure retail electric service and how it is regulated.  Many have introduced retail competition, though the rules are complex and vary widely by state.  Much can be learned from the experience of California, one of the first states to implement retail competition.

• The California Electricity Crisis: Lessons for Other States  
  An EEI report that discusses the problems—and the lessons learned—regarding California’s electricity markets in 2000-2001.
• State Restructuring Service 
  An electronic subscription that provides complete and timely coverage of policy developments related to restructuring issues and state regulatory trends.
  (Free for EEI electric company members. Others may subscribe to this service.)
  • Action Alerts
    News and analysis of the latest policy actions by state regulators, legislatures, and state and federal courts.  Searchable by keyword.
  • Policy Overviews: By Issue | By State
    Summaries of the restructuring policies of states adopting restructuring and/or retail competition.
  • California Energy Crisis Chronology
    An event-by-event history and background of the critically important California Energy Crisis and some of its immediate consequences.

Additional Resources

All reports on this page are PDFs, unless otherwise noted.

Affiliate Transactions 

• Auditing Affiliate Codes of Conduct: A Survey and Analysis of State Commission Codes of Conduct and Audit Requirements 
  Prepared by Deloitte & Touche Energy/Utilities Services Group, June 2000.
• Controlling For Cross Subsidization in Electric Utility Regulation 
  Prepared by Lawrence Kaufmann, Mark Meitzen, and Mark Lowry of Christensen Associates (Industry Structure Monograph Series, No. 12), September 1998.
• Cost Allocation and Affiliate Transactions: A Survey and Analysis of State Cost Allocation Issues and Transfer Pricing Policies 
  Prepared by Deloitte & Touche Public Utilities Group, June 1999.
• Deregulation: Micromanaging the Entry and Survival of Competitors 
  Prepared by Alfred E. Kahn, February 1998.
• Essential Facilities, Economic Efficiency, and A Mandate to Share: A Policy Primer 
  Prepared by Karl McDermott, Kenneth Gordon, William Taylor, and Agustin Ros of National Economic Research Associates, January 2000.
• Fostering Efficient Competition in the Retail Electric Industry: How Can Regulators Help Solve Vertical Market Power Concerns? First, Do No Harm 
  Prepared by Kenneth Gordon and Charles Augustine of National Economic Research Associates, August 1998.
• Regulating Affiliate Power Marketers: Lessons From Telecommunications 
  Prepared by Prof. Robert G. Harris with assistance from LECG [Industry Structure Monograph Series, No. 9], December 1997.

Branding

• Constitutional Grounds to Challenge State Public Utility Commission Restrictions on Affiliate Use of Utility Name and Logo
  Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Karen J. Miller, Ronald C. Jessamy, October 1999.

Code of Conduct

• Developing Codes of Conduct: An Analysis of Parties and Positions 
  Carl Pechman, Robert G. Harris, LECG, Inc. January 1999.

Retail Competition

• The Effect of Price on Residential Customer Choice in Competitive Retail Energy Markets: Evidence from Specific Markets to Date 
  Prepared by Kenneth Train and Anne Selting, National Economic Research Associates, March 2000.

• New Directions for Safety Net Service -- Pricing and Service Options  
  Frank C. Graves and Joseph B. Wharton, May 2003.

• Open Entry, Choice, and the Risks of Short-Circuiting the Competitive Process 
  Prepared by Kenneth Gordon and Wayne Olson of National Economic Research Associates, March 2000.
• Residual Obligations Following Electric Utility Restructuring 
  Prepared by Frank C. Graves and James A. Read, Jr., of The Brattle Group, March 2000.

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