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- Electricity Journal
A Simple Solution to a Very Old Problem
By: Hoff Stauffer and Jurgen Weiss
Abstract
The article addresses the problem of fixed cost recovery via variable electricity rates creating disincentives for utilities to engage in energy efficiency. The article provides one solution, which is to decouple fixed cost recovery from sales volumes, with the help of a balancing account that returns overrecovery to rate payers and automatically adjusts underrecovery via rate increases.
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Citation
Stauffer, Hoff, and Jurgen Weiss. "A Simple Solution to a Very Old Problem." Electricity Journal 19, no. 4 (May 2006): 56–59.