Private Ownership and Limits to Retroactive Regulation of Utility Rates

Authors

Louis De Alessi

Abstract

The author critically evaluates the effect of retroactive ratemaking on regulated public utilities, particularly the costs and disincentives inherent in the process. If the trend is not corrected, the author suggests that public utilities will ultimately become much like nationalized industries, with consumers bearing the risk and regulators managing the firm.

Recommended Citation

Louis De Alessi, Private Ownership and Limits to Retroactive Regulation of Utility Rates, 37 U. Mia. L. Rev. 433 (1983)
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