Public Utility Rate Making in an Energy-Conscious Environment

ISBN-13: 9780367300296 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 145 str.

Werner Sichel

Opis

The authors of Public Utility Rate Making in an Energy-Conscious Environment offer differing perspectives concerning major aspects of the "energy crisis" that faces the U.S. today. The text provides an up-to-date analysis of urgent problems and proposed remedies concerning the electricity and natural gas industries.

Spis treści

Introduction -- Electric Utility Rate Structures in the United States: Some Recent Developments -- Nonuniform Pricing Structures in Electricity -- Natural Gas Regulations: Problems and Options -- Applying Marginal Cost Analysis to the Rate Structure for Natural Gas Sales to Ultimate Customers -- Evaluation of the New Mexico Public Utility Rate Indexing Experiment -- Procedural Impediments to Optimal Rate Making -- New Economics in Energy

O autorze

Werner Sichel, professor of economics at Western Michigan University, received his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. He has served as a consultant to business firms, consumer groups, and law firms and is the author or editor of ten books and numerous articles in the fields of business and economics.