Utility assets in many sectors are coming under increasing economic regulatory pressure - pressure to deliver increasing service quality whilst holding or even reducing tariffs. As the bow-wave of asset renewals approaches, balancing the potentially conflicting outcomes of service quality, tariff compliance and long-term asset integrity will become increasingly harder.
Utility Consultants can provide regulatory advice in the following areas....
Regulatory regime analysis
- Analysis of legal basis of regulatory regimes.
- Identifying regulatory constraints to growth opportunities.
- Analysis of regulatory issues surrounding acquisition opportunities.
- Advising on the likely impacts of disclosure regimes.
- Advising on the likely impacts of valuation methodologies.
- Advising on the revenue and cost implications of forced industry structural changes.
- Advising on the implications of grid pricing methodologies.
Regulatory regime compliance
- Verification that tariff paths will comply with regulated price paths.
- Performing and managing the customer engagement processes required by the New Zealand regulatory regime.
Regulatory determination analysis
- Analysis and summary of recent regulatory determinations.
- Legal analysis of regulatory determinations.