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Ahmad Faruqui is a principal and Ryan Hledik is a senior associate at The Brattle Group. This article reflects the authors’ views and not necessarily those of The Brattle Group.
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Around much of the country, electric rates are trending upwards. But against the current backdrop of a weak economic recovery, state commissions are increasingly reluctant to approve the rate increases requested by the investor-owned utilities they regulate. They fear instigating a ratepayer revolt.1 And publicly owned municipal utilities and rural cooperatives aren’t immune from this trend. They face similar resistance when dealing with their boards of directors.
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