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I came across an excellent paper on utility economics the other day during some internet research. The paper stands out for its focus on regulation of natural monopoly businesses, which specifically include water and sewer utilities. Natural monopolies are defined as an industry where a single firm can produce output to supply the entire market [...]
StepWise Utility Advisors is proud to be a Gold Sponsor for the upcoming Wyoming Association of Municipalities conference in Sheridan, Wyoming. The conference will run from June 8 through June 10th. We will be participating in all of the conference activities and presenting a 90-minute presentation during the technical session. Jason Mumm, president of StepWise [...]
It turns out that water rates matter even in distant places (to us in America) like Taiwan. Suffering from an ongoing drought, the Taiwanese government is considering a measure to increase water rates in hopes of forcing conservation among water users. Sound familiar? Water rates have long been one of the tools used in the [...]