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Indiana University + School of Public & Environmental AffairsCenter for Urban Policy & the EnvironmentRestructuring Plan Adopted (1 state)CaliforniaAppendix BRestructuring Regulation: ElectricityCompanies Ordered to File a Restructuring Plan (3 states)Massachusetts./New YorkVermontInvestigation Under Way (9 states)Illinois./IowaMaineMichigan./MinnesotaFact-Finding Underway (21 states)AlabamaArizonaConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIdahoIndianaKansasLouisianaMontanaNevadaNo Activity (13 states)ArkansasColoradoFloridaGeorgiaKentuckyMarylandMississippiNew Hampshire./Rhode IslandTexasWisconsinNew JerseyNew MexicoNorth CarolinaOhioOklahomaPennsylvaniaUtahVirginiaWashingtonWyomingMissouriOregonSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeWest VirginiaSource: Sally Hunt, "Unlocking the Grid," IEEE Spectrum 33 , no. 7 (July 1996): 23 .../ Indicates that an active pilot program is underway.21
Indiana University + School of Public & Environmental AffairsCenter for Urban Policy & the EnvironmentAppendix CWater Utility Regulation: U.S. and Britain ComparedCriteria I United States I Great BritainGovernment Federal UnitaryImpetus for privatization Pragmatic but increasingly Ideological but increasinglyideologicalcommercialImplementing privatization Bottom-up Top-downWater systems 55,000 Community water 10 Regional water systemssystems formed according to formed according to riverparochial needs basins (nationalized in 1973),and 20 small private systemsUtility ownership 80% Public and nonprofit All privatized ( 1989)20% PrivateRegulatory structure Independent, multimember Single administrator for waterstate commissions with only (OFW AT); othermultisector jurisdiction; limited administrators for other sectorsregulation of publicly ownedsystemsRegulatory authority Quasi-administrative, quasi- Administrative independencelegislative, quasi-judicialRegulatory method Regulatory determination of Regulatory determination ofrevenue requirements,price caps and indexed changesratebase, rate-of-return, and with adjustments for qualityrate designand efficiencyRegulatory review Prudence PerformanceAppeals forum State and federal courts Monopolies CommissionSource: Author's construct.22
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