Competition And Economic Regulation In Water

Author : T. Ballance
Publisher : IWA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843390493
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Competition and Economic Regulation in Water written by T. Ballance and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2005-02-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Competition and Economic Regulation in Water: The Future of the European Water Industry reviews the main developments in economic regulation and competition in the European water industry and considers ways in which economic regulation and competition should be further developed. The book focusses on the best means of regulating or introducing competition into the industry in light of its present structure. Competition and Regulation in Water: The Future of the European Water Industry concentrates on the water industry, however, many of the conclusions are equally applicable also to the wastewater industry. Contents Introduction Water industry fundamentals: the rationale for regulation and the scope for competition A framework for evaluating different models of water industry regulation England & Wales: private ownership and independent regulation France: competition for the market and contract-based regulation Germany: public-private partnerships and multi-sector utilities Developing water sector regulatory frameworks in less developed countries Appendix: The legislative framework for the water industry in England & Wales

Author : Tony Ballance
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Total Pages : 160 pages
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Download or read book Competition and Economic Regulation in Water written by Tony Ballance and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Western Australia. Economic Regulation Authority
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Total Pages : 146 pages
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Download or read book Final Report written by Western Australia. Economic Regulation Authority and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Klein
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Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Economic Regulation of Water Companies written by Michael Klein and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: September 1996 The key to effective regulation of water companies is to generate information that allows the regulator to make good rules and allows the interest groups to watch out for improprieties by the regulator. Both public and private water companies need regulation (of water price and quality) when real competition is not feasible. Piped water systems tend to be monopolies or to contain monopoly elements. To counteract monopoly power, regulatory mechanisms exist in all countries, as part of the executive branch of government or in more independent agencies. Regulators rule on issues of price and quality of services and sometimes also on investment performance. Pricing rules try to balance incentives to use water efficiently with social concerns, such as quality of the water supply, universal service goals, and subsidy schemes for the poor. The regulator has a countermonopoly to the water companies and may also be tempted to abuse that power. Because the regulator does not invest in fixed, immovable assets, it has more freedom than the private monopolist, who is exposed to pressures once a water system has been built. Under political pressure, the regulator may therefore be tempted to exploit the private investor by not granting prices sufficient to cover investment costs. Or the regulator may team up with the company and exploit the consumers. To guard against such behavior, the powers of the regulator should be carefully circumscribed. And the office of the regulator should be set up so as to be able to resist improper influence by different interest groups (companies, consumers, and government). The key to effective regulation is to generate information that allows the regulator to make good rules and allows the interest groups to watch out for improprieties by the regulator. The best way to generate information is to introduce multiple players in the water system in ways that enhance direct or indirect competition. In particular, it seems advisable to minimize exclusivity rights and to let companies compete for concessions with limited terms. Incentives to compete and to behave efficiently will be strongest when the owners have their own money on the line. For this reason, government-owned water companies could on average be expected to perform worse than investor-owned companies. Competent government-owned companies should be given a chance to compete on an equal footing with private companies rather than be sheltered from competition. An equal playing field will require that they not benefit from taxpayer subsidies (for example, through equity injections) but face a budget constraint as hard as that of private competitors. This paper -- a product of the Private Sector Development Department -- is part of a larger effort in the department to analyze issues arising from private participation in infrastructure.

Author : Enrique Cabrera Marcet
Publisher : IWA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178040817X
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Regulation of Urban Water Services. An Overview written by Enrique Cabrera Marcet and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical regulation of urban water services: The Portuguese regulatory model of water and wastewater services. An integrated approach; Experiences and conclusions from regulation in England and Wales; Experiences and conclusions from regulation in Australia; Experiences and conclusions from regulation in Denmark; Experiences and conclusions from regulation in Latin America; The German benchmarking experience. An alternative to regulation; The assessment of water services from the point of view of multilateral organizations. The experience of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB); Regulation in Spain from the perspective of the urban water services; Reasons that justify the regulation of urban water services in Spain; Can a regulator contribute to solve the problems of the urban water cycle in Spain?; Regulatory models. Conclusions

Author : Western Australia. Economic Regulation Authority
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Total Pages : 110 pages
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Download or read book Draft Report written by Western Australia. Economic Regulation Authority and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Decker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 131651451X
Total Pages : 779 pages
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Download or read book Modern Economic Regulation written by Christopher Decker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 779 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings economic regulation to life by tracing theoretical insights through to real-world applications in eight essential regulated sectors.

Author : Nicolas Spulber
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401583218
Total Pages : 343 pages
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Download or read book Economics of Water Resources: From Regulation to Privatization written by Nicolas Spulber and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to develop a general economic model which integrates the quantity and quality issues of water resource management and to provide, along with a detailed criticism of the policy instruments now in use, alternative proposals concerning the efficient allocation and distribution of water. In particular we treat water as a multi-product commodity where the market plays a major role in determining water quality-discriminant pricing and its value to the user. We examine the process of moving from administrative allocation and regulation to privatization of the water industry as the key element in promoting effective competition and in providing economic incentives for greater efficiency. Water quantity and quality, considered independently of each other, have been the subject of numerous studies during the last twenty years. Let us recall briefly the most outstanding among them. A variety of models have been constructed concerning the optimal scheduling and sequence of water-supply projects: dynamic programming for solving multi-bjective functions in water resource development; planning models for coordinating regional water-resource supply and demand, etc. Other studies have devised water-quality management models, including multi-period design of regional or municipal wastewater systems; cost-allocation methods to induce effluent dischargers to participate in regional water systems; models to predict the quality of effluent (in particular, whether it meets certain established standards); models for finding optimal waste-removal policies at each of the polluting sources, and so on.

Author : Jaime M. Baptista
Publisher : IWA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780406525
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Regulation of Water and Waste Services written by Jaime M. Baptista and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The public water supply, urban wastewater and urban waste management services are essential to the well-being of citizens, public health and economic activities. These are generally provided under natural or legal monopoly, so there is no incentive for utilities to search for greater efficiency and effectiveness and as such there is an increasing prevalence of such risks for users. For these reasons, society can significantly benefit from the existence of regulatory intervention capable of introducing greater balance in the relationship between utilities and their users. The Regulation of Water and Waste Services: An Integrated Approach (Rita-Ersar) presents a practical integrated regulatory approach to these water and waste services. This approach is called the ARIT-ERSAR model and it is capable of contributing to the promotion of access by citizens to these services that is tending towards the universal. These services are provided with suitable quality by utilities at socially acceptable prices and with an acceptable level of risk. This approach consists of a regulation model with two major areas of intervention: structural regulation of the sector and regulation of the performance of the utilities. The components of structural regulation are contributions to organisation, legislation, information and sectoral capacity building. The performance regulation of utilities consists of legal and contractual regulation, economic regulation, quality of service regulation, drinking water quality regulation and user interface regulation. Author: Jaime Melo Baptista, Chairperson of the Water and Waste Services Regulatory Authority, ERSAR, Portugal

Author : Michael U. Klein
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
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Download or read book Economic Regulation of Water Companies written by Michael U. Klein and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: