In the context of yardstick regulation with long-lived assets, the influence of investment cycles and thereof resulting … problems of capital-recovery under an efficient firm standard yardstick regulation based on historic (straight …

-efficient production level for an incentive regulation of distribution system operators (DSOs). With nearly 900 DSOs operating in the … German electricity sector, of which 200 subject to incentive regulation, the issue of heterogeneity of DSOs has to be …

The future of Germanys electricity regulation is still an open question. This paper deals with alternative …