Use and abuse of the regulatory process in a developing solar energy space conditioning industry

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:6497863

Petersen, H C; Owen, B M

Emerging industries providing goods and services in competition with existing regulated industries may find that the regulatory process is used as a weapon against them to prevent their successful entry into the field. Strategic use of regulatory procedures may be as important a competitive tool for regulated industries as are the traditional weapons of price, innovation, and product differentiation in unregulated markets. In this report eight general possibilities for existing regulated firms and potential new entrants into an industry to use the regulatory process for their own advantage are suggested. Specific ways in which gas and electric utilities or solar equipment suppliers could use these strategies to alter the rate and nature of development of a solar space conditioning industry are also discussed. Alternative regulatory scenarios for a solar space conditioning industry are considered. Preferences for each of the eight alternatives from the viewpoint of electric and gas utilities, independent suppliers, and a social planner are considered.

• Research Organization: Utah State Univ., Logan (USA). Dept. of Economics; Stanford Univ., CA (USA). Dept. of Economics
• OSTI ID: 6497863
• Report Number(s): PB-280165
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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14 SOLAR ENERGY
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Legislation
& Regulation
299001 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Solar-- (1989-)
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
GAS UTILITIES
HEATING SYSTEMS
INDUSTRY
PUBLIC UTILITIES
REGULATIONS
SOLAR COOLING SYSTEMS
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEMS
SOLAR INDUSTRY