Electric peak-load pricing: Madison Gas and beyond. [Madison Gas and Electric Co]
The Madison Gas and Electric Co. case began as a routine utility request for an increase in rates, but was transformed by environmentalists' intervention into an adjudication of rate structure and design. This article examines recent trends in rate design for electricity in Wisconsin and the important issues of rate design analyzed in the Madison Case. Various criteria for evaluating a rate structure are proposed and also basic alternative types of rate designs and their accompanying justifications are described in Part I. In Part II, the issues raised in the Madison Case are clarified and the actual result in the case is evaluated. Part III sums the progress since the Madison Case in the implementation of time-of-day pricing in Wisconsin. (MCW)
- Research Organization:
- Isham, Lincoln and Beale, Chicago
- OSTI ID:
- 6710087
- Journal Information:
- Environ. Law Rev.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Law Rev.; (United States) Vol. 8; ISSN EVLRA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ELECTRIC UTILITIES
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GREAT LAKES REGION
IMPLEMENTATION
LAWS
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PEAK-LOAD PRICING
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RATE STRUCTURE
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STATE GOVERNMENT
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