Utility and Independent Regulators

BETTER REGULATION FOR EUROPE'S ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, PROPOSAL FOR A NEW REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, (2007)

The European Commission issued in November 2007 its long-awaited proposals for a new regulatory framework to promote a single market for electronic communications across the European Union. Gary Healy, Associate from our Irish offices, summarize the key changes to the 2002 Framework Regulations in this brief.

GOVERNANCE OF ASIAN UTILITIES: NEW REGULATORS STRUGGLE IN DIFFICULT ENVIRONMENTS (2004)

This article by Scott Jacobs was published in April 2004 in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Governance Brief.

IMPROVING THE INSTITUTIONAL BASIS FOR SECTORAL REGULATORS: KEY ISSUES IN THE DESIGN OF ECONOMIC REGULATORY INSTITUTIONS (2003)

This report by Cesar Cordova-Novion, Director of Jacobs, Cordova & Associates, and Deirdre Hanlon from the Irish Department of Public Enterprise was published by the OECD in 2003, and is published here with permission from the OECD.

EVOLUTION OF EAST ASIAN UTILITY REGULATORS: DIVERSITY AND CHALLENGES (2003)

Scott Jacobs reports on the results of a survey of East Asian utility regulators conducted for APEC by Jacobs, Cordova & Associates in May 2003. This presentation was delivered at a seminar at the Asian Development Bank, October 2003, Manila, Philippines.

PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE IN ASIA (2002)

Scott Jacobs delivered this presentation at the APEC Privatization Forum Regional Roundtable, 22-24 May 2002, Hanoi, Vietnam.

BUILDING CREDIBLE REGULATORS FOR LIBERALIZED UTILITY SECTORS (2001)

Scott Jacobs, Managing Director Jacobs, Cordova & Associates, ©Scott Jacobs, 2001, Presented At the First Workshop of The APEC-OECD Co-operative Initiative on Regulatory Reform 19–20 September 2001, Beijing, China.

WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS? COMPETITION AND CALIFORNIA’S POWER CRISIS (2001)

Michael Wise, former Director, and John C. Hilke published this article in Antitrust, American Bar Association, vol. 15 no. 3, p. 76, 2001.