Publications
Publications
- September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
- HBS Case Collection
Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)
Abstract
In addition to the issues of expected cost minimization elucidated in Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A), problems involving regulatory uncertainty are critical to the firm's Clean Air Act compliance strategy. The regulatory uncertainty affects, and is affected by, the uncertainties about the price of allowances to emit sulfur dioxide. Provides additional information on the regulatory risks and uncertainties confronting the Southern Co.; permits exploration of the relations between federal environmental regulation and state-level regulation of rates of return.
Keywords
Energy Generation; Business Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Cost vs Benefits; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning; Investment Return; Government Legislation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; United States
Citation
Reinhardt, Forest L. "Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 793-040, September 1992. (Revised October 1992.)