Key documents driving launch of RPI-X@20 review

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This document provides an overview of some of the key reference papers to which Alistair Buchanan referred to in his speeches announcing RPI-X@20, as well as some further papers on economic regulation that may be of use.

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Key documents driving launch of RPI-X@20 review

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Regulation, over-regulation and deregulation. Littlechild (2008)
Negotiated settlements: a role for American practice in UK policy. Littlechild (2007)
Negotiated settlements and the National Energy Board in Canada. Doucet & Littlechild (2009)
Financing investment – can regulation adapt to new challenges? Holt (2005)
Tradable RAB’s and the split cost of capital. Helm (2008)
Report on the cost of capital. Smithers Report (2006)
Regulation and Competition – Chalk and Cheese? Freeman (2006)
The long-run level of X in RPI-X regulation: Bernstein and Sappington revisited. Burns (2008)
Regulators and credit ratings. Reynolds (2008)
Market Challenges: can GB learn from events in New England. Buchanan (2008)
RPI-X@20: a plan for regulatory regime change. Shuttleworth (2008)
Regulatory electricity networks in an age of rising real prices. Pollitt (2007)
The Future of Electricity (and Gas) Regulation in a Low-carbon Policy World. Pollitt (2008)
Facing up to the better regulation challenge. Buchanan (2005)
The bird in hand: stipulated settlements in Florida electricity regulation. Littlechild (2006)