Atlanta, GA, Feb. 04, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ScottMadden, Inc., one of North America’s leading management consulting firms specializing in energy, recently joined the Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) in a fact-finding mission to United Kingdom, the poster child for business model reform. In particular, the trip was designed to better understand the country’s decarbonization efforts, as well as the highly touted performance-based regulatory mechanism known as RIIO.
This new article, featured in the February edition of Public Utilities Fortnightly, shares key insights gathered from the trip. Access the full article for the latest on UK’s decarbonization efforts and the role of RIIO.
The UK’s transition toward decarbonizing their energy industry is a shared initiative across policymakers, utilities, and third-party service providers. UK energy markets are highly cognizant of the country’s domestic and international commitments. These commitments create a unifying driver across the industry. Even more importantly, decarbonization was one of the driving forces behind the development and implementation of RIIO, which stands for Revenue using Incentives to deliver Innovation and Outputs.
A growing number of states, including California, New York, Illinois, and Massachusetts, among other stateside markets, are working toward similar unified policies that outline clear, long-term direction with measurable outcomes.
“The United Kingdom embarked on a grand experiment in performance-based ratemaking with the adoption of RIIO,” explains Cristin Lyons, partner and energy practice leader at ScottMadden. “Even though RIIO is in the early stages, there are some interesting elements for U.S. utilities to consider,” continues John Pang, partner at ScottMadden.
“Often overlooked is the importance of RIIO in meeting the United Kingdom’s decarbonization goals,” adds Julia Hamm, president and CEO of SEPA.
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