The economics of fixed cost recovery by utilities
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- 作者：Severin Borenstein severinborenstein@berkeley.edu" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorAuthor Vitae
- 刊名：The Electricity Journal
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：September 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：29
- 期：7
- 页码：5-12
- 全文大小：543 K
文摘
Economics provides policymakers guidance when they must depart from efficient pricing (equal to societal marginal cost) to cover an electric utility profit shortfall. Options include raising volumetric retail prices, tiered pricing, fixed charges, minimum bills, and demand charges. There is no ideal policy, but balancing efficiency and equity suggests using a combination of fixed charges and increased volumetric prices. Economics does not support the use of demand charges or minimum bills.