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Network depreciation and energy market disruption: Options to avoiding passing costs down the line

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Traditional monopoly regulation as applied to the Australian electricity and gas network sector effectively presumes future consumers will meet a substantial proportion of the capital costs of long-lived network investments made today. Yet changes in demand, technology and cost conditions make this presumption less certain than in the past. These changes are potentially putting current approaches, and effectively the traditional ‘regulatory compact’, under pressure.

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  • Crawford, Garth, 2015. "Network depreciation and energy market disruption: Options to avoiding passing costs down the line," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 48(C), pages 163-171.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecanpo:v:48:y:2015:i:c:p:163-171
    DOI: 10.1016/j.eap.2015.11.004
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