This work draws on the analysis of price regulation of water services in Italy, the so-called Metodo Normalizzato, to examine the issues related to the definition of a regulatory mechanism when the costs of providing the service depend on exogenous variables which are geographically...

Getting prices right and allocating water efficiently will become increasingly important as demand for food and water increases and as water scarcity becomes more of a problem. Pricing water efficiently will help meet the increasing demand, but what is the best way to make pricing more...

The price regulation conducted by economic regulators is a high-stakes process, with significant and lasting impacts on current and future service quality and the overall performance of the regulated sector. This report tracks the efforts of the economic regulator of the Scottish water sector to...