Utility Regulators : Roles and Responsibilities

• Tác giả: Warrick Smith
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 303.3 Coordination and control
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 291246
• Chủ đề: 1. ANTITRUST; 2. GAS UTILITIES; 3. INDUSTRY; 4. TARIFFS; 5. TELECOMMUNICATIONS ANTICOMPETITIVE CONDUCT

Tóm tắt

There are three main issues in defining a utility regulator's role: the scope of its coverage, its role in relation to ministers, and its role in relation to other regulatory entities such as the competition agency or agencies dealing with environment or health and safety. The author makes a case for multi-industry agencies covering everything from power to water to transport. Multi-industry agencies have several advantages that are especially important for developing countries. They allow the pooling of scarce expertise. They reduce the risk of industry and political capture. They reduce the risk of inconsistency in regulatory approaches across sectors. And they help to deal with the blurring of industry boundaries as utilities enter one another's markets (as when power utilities enter telecommunications, and water and power utilities merge).