Improving markets, regulation, and sector structure
For investors and asset owners,
we advocate market designs that will enable investor returns while serving the public interest. We help them comply with regulations set by competition authorities, protect themselves from market manipulation, and profit from sector transformation caused by disruptive technologies and regulatory changes
For international agencies and governments,
we design markets for vital public services, Design regulation to control monopoly power and to limit negative externalities , and transform sector performance through appropriate policies and sector designs.
Sectors
Light Rail Transit PPP, Philippines
Castalia advised the Philippines Government on creating a contract management office that would supervise and manage a PPP contract for a US$1.5 billion light rail transit line upgrade and extension. The Philippines Government wanted to alleviate Manila’s serious traffic congestion ... Read more
Pharmacy Guild Policy Paper, New Zealand
We identified how pharmacists and District Health Boards could work together to reduce healthcare costs in New Zealand. District Health Boards considered spending cuts to reduce the cost of healthcare in New Zealand. This would result in lower dispensing fees, ... Read more
Design of Regional Utility Regulator for the Eastern Caribbean
We advised Eastern Caribbean nations on establishing a regional electricity regulator. Island states in the Eastern Caribbean face high electricity costs, but are too small to justify a regulator for each country ... Read more
Advice to Spark on Proposed Telco-Pay TV Merger, New Zealand
Telecommunication company Vodafone and pay-tv company SKY Television wanted to merge. Castalia’s analysis helped convince the Commerce Commission, the competition authority in New Zealand, that the merger was anti-competitive. What are the potential effects on competition when content providers (those ... Read more
Regulatory and Monitoring Framework for Small Private and Community Based Water and Sewerage Providers
Castalia proposed a new regulatory framework for small private and community-based water and sewerage service providers in Jamaica. After Jamaica’s water sector was liberalized, small water and sewerage service providers developed in communities that previously lacked access to piped water ... Read more
California Power Market FERC Refund Proceedings, USA
Castalia developed a counterfactual market model of fair market electricity prices in California to assess evidence of market manipulation during the California power crisis. After power marketers disputed FERC-ordered refunds to power purchasers, expert testimony was needed to identify which ... Read more
Agri-Water Finance Business Case
Castalia developed new business models that increase the efficient use of water in the agriculture sector while maximizing farmer income. 2030 Water Resource Group wanted to know how financing programs can incentivize smallholder farmers to adopt efficient irrigation technologies. Many ... Read more
Maximizing Finance Development in Transport
Castalia worked with the IFC to help governments structure PPPs to attract private investment for transport infrastructure projects, by developing tools that would show them how to de-risk projects. Congestion and poorly maintained highways impact welfare and reduce opportunities for ... Read more
