Decoupling the Utility Business Model - Episode 54

Eight Minute Climate Fix

11/20/23 • 7 min

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The utility business model is a bit unusual, given that power companies own a natural monopoly in the areas in which they operate. But just as the energy transition has upended a bunch of other industry models, it's doing something similar in the staid power industry.
Paul digs into the existing Cost of Service model most utilities employ today, as well as discussing the evolving role that decoupling and Performance Based Ratemaking play in aligning utility incentives with those of states and consumers.

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11/20/23 • 7 min

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Eight Minute Climate Fix - Decoupling the Utility Business Model - Episode 54

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This is 8 minutes a podcast helping you understand the energy and climate challenge . In just a few minutes I'm your host , paul Schuster .

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Electric utilities are an interesting industry . They effectively are a monopoly in their given markets and in many ways answer to regulators more so than they do to their electricity consumers . The

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