Energy Tradeoffs Podcast #15 – William Boyd
Today’s EnergyTradeoffs.com podcast episode features UCLA’s William Boyd talking with David Spence about his research on “‘Public’ Utility: Steering Markets Toward Public Ends“.
In the interview, William explains his critique of FERC’s approach to price formation in natural gas markets and electricity auctions. William argues that markets cannot be insulated from politics and that the policy choices that often dominate cost-of-service ratemaking can emerge in restructured energy markets as well.
The discussion builds on two of William’s recent articles: “Public Utility and the Low Carbon Future,” and “Just Price, Public Utility and the Long History of Economic Regulation in America.”
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