American Public Utilities Research Articles

A Financial Analysis and Valuation of Leading Companies in the U.S. Electric Utility Sector

In the post-pandemic era, as societal life demands gradually recover and stabilize, the American public utilities sector has demonstrated positive growth momentum, garnering significant investor attention. This research focuses on four prominent enterprises within the industry, including Southern Company (SO), American Electric Power (AEP), Duke Energy (DUK), and Exelon Corporation (EXC). These entities not only epitomize the developmental trajectories of the electric power industry but also reflect the escalating influence of renewable energy over traditional fossil fuels and the ramifications of heightened environmental standards on corporate operations. Leveraging the 2023 annual reports as foundational data, this study conducts a thorough analysis and valuation of these firms' financial statement indices and price-to-earnings ratios, aiming to offer comprehensive insights and analyses regarding their financial standings and market prospects. The findings indicate that Southern Company exhibits robust market competitiveness and allure, alongside an optimistic outlook for future development, rendering it a viable candidate for sustained attention from investors seeking long-term value investments.

Political Competition, Partisanship and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities. By María Victoria Murillo. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 312p. $92.00 cloth, $28.99 paper.

Political Competition, Partisanship and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities. By María Victoria Murillo. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. 312p. $92.00 cloth, $28.99 paper.

Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities by Maria Victoria Murillo

Journal Article Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities by Maria Victoria Murillo Get access Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilitiesby María Victoria Murillo. New York, NY, Cambridge University Press, 2009. 312pp. Paper, $25.99. Alison Post Alison Post University of California, Berkeley Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Political Science Quarterly, Volume 126, Issue 2, Summer 2011, Pages 353–355, https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-165X.2011.tb02152.x Published: 25 March 2013

Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities - By Maria Victoria Murillo

Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities - By Maria Victoria Murillo

Maria Victoria Murillo, Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy-Making in Latin American Public Utilities (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), pp. xv+2929, £45.00, £17.99 pb; $85.00, $25.99 pb.

Maria Victoria Murillo, Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy-Making in Latin American Public Utilities (Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009), pp. xv+2929, £45.00, £17.99 pb; 25.99 pb. - Volume 42 Issue 4

Book Review: Murillo, M. V. (2009). Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Book Review: Murillo, M. V. (2009). Political Competition, Partisanship, and Policy Making in Latin American Public Utilities. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Political Competition and Policy Adoption: Market Reforms in Latin American Public Utilities

This article shows that political competition generates incentives that affect the pace of adoption of market reforms in the context of policy convergence. Previous work shows the effect of financial and technological pressures in promoting policy convergence and the impact of institutional constraints on shaping the pace of policymaking. Controlling for these effects, this article demonstrates the policy effects of political competition and ideological polarization even at a time when ideological policy differences seem to be fading due to policy convergence. This article studies policy adoption using duration analysis for the 18 countries of Latin America during the 1985–2000 period when most of the market reforms in public utilities were adopted.

Managed care merged with the German model.

The cutbacks in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, and the Republican takeover of Capitol Hill and the state legislatures as a result of recent elections, suggest that the payer-driven forces of managed care, capitated payment, and the regional networks (alliances) will serve as centerpieces to improve the organization, financing, and delivery of America's health services. These "voluntary" alliances that are now being forged as an amalgam of health providers and insurance underwriters, often foreshadow the powerful, geographically linked regional health networks that are evolving into oligopolies throughout the United States. As the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are unable to appropriately analyze the efficacy of most prospective mergers, the American health field increasingly can expect monopolistic environments. In this process, the public eventually may demand the formation of state health services commissions. Within this framework, the German decentralized, multipayer, multitier approach, which historically is self-governing and allows for negotiating reimbursement rates between insurers and providers, offers a preferred option to the traditional American public utility model.

The Economics of Regulation: Principles and Institutions

As Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board in the late 1970s, Alfred E. Kahn presided over the deregulation of the airlines and his book, published earlier in that decade, presented the first comprehensive integration of the economic theory and institutional practice of economic regulation. In his lengthy new introduction to this edition Kahn surveys and analyzes the deregulation revolution that has not only swept the airlines but has transformed American public utilities and private industries generally over the past seventeen years.While attitudes toward regulation have changed several times in the intervening years and government regulation has waxed and waned, the question of whether to regulate more or to regulate less is a topic of constant debate, one that The Economics of Regulation addresses incisively. It clearly remains the standard work in the field, a starting point and reference tool for anyone working in regulation.Kahn points out that while dramatic changes have come about in the structurally competitive industries - the airlines, trucking, stock exchange brokerage services, railroads, buses, cable television, oil and natural gas - the consensus about the desirability and necessity for regulated monopoly in public utilities has likewise been dissolving, under the burdens of inflation, fuel crises, and the traumatic experience with nuclear plants. Kahn reviews and assesses the changes in both areas: he is particularly frank in his appraisal of the effect of deregulation on the airlines.His conclusion today mirrors that of his original, seminal work - that different industries need different mixes of institutional arrangements that cannot be decided on the basis of ideology.Alfred E. Kahn is Robert Julius Thorne Professor of Political Economy at Cornell University and Special Consultant to National Economic Research Associates.

City study of utilities urged

National Municipal ReviewVolume 35, Issue 10 p. 525-530 Article City study of utilities urged Dr. John Bauer, Dr. John Bauer Dr. Bauer, director of the American Public Utilities Bureau, has long been known as a public utility expert. He has been consultant to many state and local governments on their utility problems and is author, or co-author, of a number of volumes including Public Utility Valuation for Purposes of Rate Control; The Electric Power Industry—Development, Organization and Public Policies; and National Welfare and Business Stability.Search for more papers by this author Dr. John Bauer, Dr. John Bauer Dr. Bauer, director of the American Public Utilities Bureau, has long been known as a public utility expert. He has been consultant to many state and local governments on their utility problems and is author, or co-author, of a number of volumes including Public Utility Valuation for Purposes of Rate Control; The Electric Power Industry—Development, Organization and Public Policies; and National Welfare and Business Stability.Search for more papers by this author First published: November 1946 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110351006Citations: 1 AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume35, Issue10November 1946Pages 525-530 RelatedInformation

Hartford metropolitan needs served by water and sewage board

National Municipal ReviewVolume 32, Issue 9 p. 477-481 Article Hartford metropolitan needs served by water and sewage board John Bauer, John Bauer American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author John Bauer, John Bauer American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author First published: October 1943 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110320903AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume32, Issue9October 1943Pages 477-481 RelatedInformation

Cities must seek cheap power to hold their industries

National Municipal ReviewVolume 31, Issue 10 p. 541-552 Article Cities must seek cheap power to hold their industries John Bauer, John Bauer Dircctor American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author John Bauer, John Bauer Dircctor American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author First published: November 1942 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110311005AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume31, Issue10November 1942Pages 541-552 RelatedInformation

Supreme court hints new utility rate base

National Municipal ReviewVolume 31, Issue 5 p. 254-258 Article Supreme court hints new utility rate base John Bauer, John Bauer Director American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author John Bauer, John Bauer Director American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author First published: May 1942 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110310504Citations: 1AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume31, Issue5May 1942Pages 254-258 RelatedInformation

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National Municipal ReviewVolume 21, Issue 5 p. 332-334 Article Public utilities John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author First published: May 1932 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110210522AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume21, Issue5May 1932Pages 332-334 RelatedInformation

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National Municipal ReviewVolume 21, Issue 3 p. 194-197 Article Public utilities John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author First published: March 1932 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110210318AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume21, Issue3March 1932Pages 194-197 RelatedInformation

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National Municipal ReviewVolume 21, Issue 1 p. 40-43 Article Public utilities John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author First published: January 1932 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110210114AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume21, Issue1January 1932Pages 40-43 RelatedInformation

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National Municipal ReviewVolume 20, Issue 6 p. 372-375 Article Public utilities John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureuuSearch for more papers by this author John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureuuSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1931 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110200618AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume20, Issue6June 1931Pages 372-375 RelatedInformation

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National Municipal ReviewVolume 20, Issue 5 p. 300-303 Article Public utilities John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author First published: May 1931 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110200524AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume20, Issue5May 1931Pages 300-303 RelatedInformation

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National Municipal ReviewVolume 20, Issue 4 p. 231-234 Article Public utilities John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author First published: April 1931 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110200417AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume20, Issue4April 1931Pages 231-234 RelatedInformation

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National Municipal ReviewVolume 20, Issue 3 p. 168-171 Article Public utilities John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author John Bauer, John Bauer Director, American Public Utilities BureauSearch for more papers by this author First published: March 1931 https://doi.org/10.1002/ncr.4110200319AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume20, Issue3March 1931Pages 168-171 RelatedInformation