E-Reg Myth: Utilities will do anything to increase sales and load. The real prime directive is growing rate base. Exhibit A: The way many utilities approach electric transportation—they seldom offer a vision, but really want to own stations and rate base rebates.
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Love the hook, but whataya mean?
What I mean by "capital decoupling" is decoupling the utility's expectation of return from the size of the rate base. The utility would remain rewarded for performance. My guess is that this means some limited form of municipalization. How could we make this work?