Effective Regulation of Public Utilities

[T]here has never been an antitrust sinner who did not claim he was serving the public interest.

Phillip Areeda, "Antitrust Laws and Public Utility Regulation," The Bell Journal of Economics and Management Science (Spring 1972)

Monthly Essays: 2010

Alfred Kahn (1917–2010)

Regulatory Literacy: A Seasonal Self-Assessment

A Letter to Governors and Legislators

“Protect the Consumer” – From What?

Commission “Branding”: Can It Help Produce Utility Performance?

Utility Performance: Will We Know It When We See It?

"Smart Grid" Spending: A Commission’s Pitch-Perfect Response to a Utility’s Seven Errors

“Framing”: Does It Divert Regulatory Attention?