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-based regulation to strengthen the necessary investment incentives. Regulatory emphasis is shifting from costreductions to promoting …
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requirements, (international) benchmarking is not an adequate tool for the regulation of transmission system operators (TSO … high. The paper discusses options to reduce the weight of benchmarking in TSO regulation and options that do not rely on …
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In February 1997 WTO members signed the Fourth protocol, which, for the first time, determined a set of international rules for trade in basic telecommunication services. While this agreement was a major step in the direction of liberalising national telecommunication markets, many deficiencies...
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To give the exchange of goods and services between the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.) new momentum the two parties are currently negotiating the transatlantic free trade agreement Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The aim is to create the largest free trade...
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This paper presents an approach for resilience incentives in the regulation of electricity network operators … system. The resilience regulation proposed in this paper contains two complementary parts. First, a resilience incentive …
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challenges not only huge investment in grid expansion and smart grid technologies is required, but also the network regulation … period, X-factor, and allowed rate of return. We conclude that in the era of smart grids, incentive regulation requires a … and smart grid technologies. To do so, incentive regulation should be supplemented by more innovative, investment …
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This paper examines the effects of various price-cap rules on peakload pricing. The issue recently gains practical importance in regulated network industries. The formal approach reveals that efficiency properties of various price-cap rules are, notwithstanding some problems, fairly good. A...
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