The process of deregulation in network industries, in particular in the electric sector, raises the problem of Þnancing the Universal Service Obligations (USO) corresponding to the production, transport and distribution operations. In this paper, we study three ways of funding for an USO of...

The process of deregulation in network industries, in particular in the electric sector, raises the problem of financing the Universal Service Obligations (USO) corresponding to the production, transport and distribution operations. In this paper, we study three ways of funding for an USO of...

This paper derives optimal regulatory schemes for partially regulated multimarket utilities, both in a context of complete and asymmetric information. The effects of this optimal price structure regulation on competition in the unregulated segment are explored in a context of Cournot and...