Training in Tariff Development and Utility Regulation

Date: May 2007
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan

With the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), a NARUC-ERRA delegation implemented a training program in Baku, Azerbaijan, on price and tariff regulation for the Tariff (Price) Council of Azerbaijan, relevant government ministries, public utilities, and independent power expert.

Participants gaining a lot of insight from the training, including diverse perspectives from the US, Hungary, and Lithuania.

 

Resources

Azeri

• Syllabus
• Instructor Biographies
• 1B Issues Challenges in Azerbaijan Energy Sector
  Kerim Ramazanov
• 1C Theory and principles of economic regulation
  Peter Kaderjak
• 1D Roles of Regulators
  Vidmantas Jankauskas
• 1E Tariff Council Regulations and Authorities
  Asadov
• 1F Regulatory procedures in Lithuania
  Vidmantas Jankauskas
• 1F Regulatory procedures in Turkey
  Hassan Ozkoc
• 2A Introduction to Utility Finances
  Csaba Kovacs
• 2B From Costs to Prices
  Vidmantas Jankauskas
• 2C Affordability of Cost Covering Utility Tariffs
  Joseph Witmer
• 3A Azerenergy wholesale revenue requirement model
  Peter Kaderjak
• 3A Economics of electric generation
  Peter Kaderjak
• 3B Economics of Network Operations
  Joseph Witmer
• 3C Revenue Requirement
  Csaba Kovacs
• 4A Rate Case Process and Analysis
  Joseph Witmer
• 4B Tariff design for end customers
  Vidmantas Jankauskas
• 4C Azerbaijan Sector Challenges
  Asadov
• 4D Baltic regional electricity market 2006
  Vidmantas Jankauskas
• 5A Incentive Price Regulation
  Peter Kaderjak
• 5B Experiences with Price Cap Regulation in Hungary
  Csaba Kovacs
• 5C Monitoring activities of energy regulators
  Peter Kaderjak
• Exercise Different Way to Asses the Value of a Utility Company
  Csaba Kovacs

 

English

• Syllabus
• Instructor Biographies
• 1B Issues Challenges in Azerbaijan Energy Sector
  Kerim Ramazanov
• 1C Theory and principles of economic regulation
  Peter Kaderjak
• 1D Roles functions institutional setting of regulators
  Vidmantas Jankauskas
• 1E Tariff Council Regulations and Authorities
  Elshan Asadov
• 1F Regulatory procedures in Lithuania
  Vidmantas Jankauskas
• 1F Regulatory procedures in Turkey
  Hassan Ozkoc
• 2A Introduction to Utility Finances
  Csaba Kovacs
• 2B From costs to regulated prices
  Vidmantas Jankauskas
• 2C Affordability of Cost Covering Utility Tariffs
  Joseph Witmer
• 2C Other _Regulatory Issues
  Peter Kaderjak
• 3A Azerenergy wholesale revenue requirement model
  Peter Kaderjak
• 3A Economics of Electric Generation
  Peter Kaderjak
• 3B Economics of Network Operations
  Joseph Witmer
• 3C Revenue Requirement
  Csaba Kovacs
• 4A Rate Case Process and Analysis
  Joseph Witmer
• 4B Tariff design for end customers
  Vidmantas Jankauskas
• 4D Baltic regional electricity market 2006
  Vidmantas Jankauskas
• 5A Incentive price regulation
  Peter Kaderjak
• 5B Experiences with Price Cap Regulation in Hungary
  Csaba Kovacs
• 5C Monitoring Activities of Energy Regulators
  Peter Kaderjak