Dan Hansen Presents on Transforming the Utility Business Model

Categories: Pricing, Rate Design

August 25, 2014 - Dan Hansen

Dan Hansen

Dan Hansen participated in the EUCI conference “Transforming the Utility Business Model” that took place in Chicago, Illinois on August 25-26, 2014. Dr. Hansen’s presentation discussed strategies utilities can consider for addressing fixed cost recovery issues. That is, because utilities often recover fixed costs through volumetric (e.g., per-kWh) rates, factors such as customer conservation or distributed generation may lead to an under-recovery of utility revenue toward fixed costs. During his presentation, Dr. Hansen discussed the relative merits of a variety potential solutions to this problem.