USING REGULATORY BENCHMARKING TECHNIQUES TO SET COMPANY PERFORMANCE TARGETS: THE CASE OF US ELECTRICITY

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作   者：

Paul Nillesen;  Michael Pollitt; 

作者机构：

Judge Business School and ESRC Electricity Policy Research Group;  Amsterdam;  PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory N.V.;  Cambridge CB2 1AG;  United Kingdom;  The Netherlands;  De Hntree 201; 

关键词：

benchmarking;  regulation;  management;  utilities; 

期刊名称：

Competition and regulation in network industries

i s s n：

1783-5917

年卷期：

2010 年 11 卷 1 期

页   码：

50-

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摘   要：

Consolidation in many sectors has lead to the formation of "groups of companies". Extracting all the potential cost savings from these independent or separate operating units is a challenge given asymmetric information. We develop a step-by-step approach that applies regulatory benchmarking techniques to set efficiency targets for operating units. Holding company management - like a regulator - will want to set targets to encourage efficient operation but in the absence of full information on effort, costs and environmental conditions. Our approach using the parallel with regulation incorporates issues such as measurement error and potential environmental factors that could influence the underlying efficiency score. We demonstrate the approach using data from the US electricity distribution sector and show that substantial savings can be extracted using this approach that was originally developed for regulatory purposes.