In 2004, in the beginning of the first president Lula mandate, a complete regulatory reform of electricity was launched. In 2008, four years after, Brazilian Congress started an investigation of the causes of Brazilian relatively high electricity tariffs. The results of the investigation pointed...

In 2004, in the beginning of the first president Lula mandate, a complete regulatory reform of electricity was launched. In 2008, four years after, Brazilian Congress started an investigation of the causes of Brazilian relatively high electricity tariffs. The results of the investigation pointed...

This paper goes through four case studies of the water sector concessions to the private sector in Brazil. The analysis comprises mainly the pricing policies, the impact of the auction modeling on future tariffs and regulation practices. The main conclusions are that the pricing policies are...