Setting tariffs and service standards
We help governments and international agencies
set tariffs and services standards for monopoly providers in ways that protect the public interest and provide incentives for continuing investment and innovation.
We help investors and asset owners
make the case to regulators about the tariffs and business flexibility needed by utilities to earn reasonable profits and to innovate and service customers.
Sectors
Water Utility Transformation, Bermuda
Castalia developed a business case to transfer the responsibility for water, wastewater, and solid waste service provision to a single utility. Castalia developed a climate resilience strategy, including infrastructure rehabilitation and extension and non-revenue water measures. The Government is implementing ... Read more
Review of the Orion Networks Application for a Customized Price-Quality Path, New Zealand
Castalia helped Vector, New Zealand’s largest electricity distribution utility, ensure that the regulatory regime made suitable provision for recovery of rebuilding costs following an earthquake, through regulatory advice to the Vector and a submission to the Commerce Commission. A series ... Read more
JPS Tariff Submission, Jamaica
We argued that Jamaica’s national electricity utility needed a tariff increase to earn an adequate return on capital. Jamaica’s national electricity utility was not earning an appropriate return on capital, while being exposed to an inadequate level of risk ... Read more
Australia Minerals Council Advice on Hunter Valley Access Undertaking
Castalia helped the Mineral Council of Australia present a case against the proposed privatization of national rail system operator, Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC). ARTC was potentially going to be privatized and if the new owners focused on their own ... Read more
Tariff Submission for Puerto Rico Water Utility
Castalia helped the Coco Beach Utility Company (CBUC) prepare a tariff submission after being faced with a 49 percent hike in its wholesale water costs. The Coco Beach Utility Company (CBUC) was paying an unfair tariff for the water it ... Read more
Tariff Study and Business Plan for National Water Commission, Jamaica
Castalia designed a tariff structure, prepared a submission to the regulator, and developed a strategic plan for the National Water Commission to boost profitability, operational efficiency, and service delivery. Jamaica’s National Water Commission could not finance its capital expenditure needs ... Read more
