FERC Rate-of-Return Incentive
Tying utility profit to capital spent penalizes cheaper non-wire efficiency solutions.
"Make money on wires; lose money on conservation."
What is FERC Rate-of-Return Incentive? Tying utility profit to capital spent penalizes cheaper non-wire efficiency solutions. Cost-of-service regulation is a CapEx subsidy.
Transmission overbuild relative to demand-side alternatives.
Cost-of-service regulation is a CapEx subsidy.
Performance-based ratemaking. Outcome-weighted returns.
Flip the incentive. Watch the side-effect move.
Tying utility profit to capital spent penalizes cheaper non-wire efficiency solutions. Caught in the wild: Transmission overbuild relative to demand-side alternatives.
In the room: Cost-of-service regulation is a CapEx subsidy.
Counter-move from the Atlas: Performance-based ratemaking.
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