The new Italian water tariff method: A launching point for novel infrastructures or a backwards step?

Giulia Romano, Andrea Guerrini and Bettina Campedelli

Utilities Policy, 2015, vol. 34, issue C, 45-53

Abstract: In Italy recently the regulatory authority for electricity, gas and the water industry was mandated to design a new tariff method more consistent with EU standards of ‘full cost recovery’ and the ‘polluter pays’ rules. This paper attempts to highlight the strengths and limitations of this new method, its actual effects on tariffs, financial plans and utilities' investment policy, compared to the previous method, with a focus on the effects of the tariff method for both users and utilities. A case study was selected and this included the biggest water utility controlled by the local water authority in Verona province.

Keywords: Water tariff; Water utilities; Water price; Water reform; Case study; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2015.01.003

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