Electric Utility Competition — In South Carolina?
Retail electric competition has recently become a hot issue in South Carolina.
Improving regulatory policy
through research, education, and outreach.
Promotes best practices for regulatory analysis
Improves regulatory processes and institutions
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Cass R. Sunstein
Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard
OIRA Administrator Under President Obama
Electric Utility Competition — In South Carolina?
Retail electric competition has recently become a hot issue in South Carolina.
Improving Regulatory Benefit-Cost Analysis
This article briefly reviews the process by which regulations are developed in the United States and the role for BCA. It then examines the institutional and technical factors limiting the use of BCA as a tool for improving regulatory policy. It concludes with some recommendations.
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Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
Senator James Lankford (R-OK)
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— Christopher Carrigan
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