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: 2011

Separating Policy Mandates From Cost Consequences: Will the Public Lose Trust?

Commission Positioning: Five Actions for Influence

Commission Positioning: Using "Vision" to Avoid "Too Big to Fail"

Commission Budgets: How Do We Know—and Explain—that We're "Worth It"?

More on Legislative–Regulatory Relations: Layers, Protections, and Cost-Effectiveness

It’s April—Do You Know Where Your Legislatures Are?

Rate Case Timing: Alertness or Auto-Pilot?

“Prudence”: Who’s Minding the Store?

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