Negotiated settlements and the National Energy Board in Canada

Australian airport regulation: Exploring the frontier

“…-In Canada, almost all pipeline toll cases at the National Energy Board (NEB) before 1997 were litigated; since then almost all have been settled. (Doucet and Littlechild, 2009). -In the UK, UK Civil Aviation Authority (2009a) instituted a process of constructive engagement (as noted with approval by the Productivity Commission).…”

“…FERC explicitly indicates its initial thinking in the form of a draft settlement, which the parties use as a basis for negotiating against the pipeline's requested price increase. In Canada the NEB at one time instituted a 'generic cost of capital' formula that updated annually the cost of capital it would allow for each category of pipeline in the event of litigation (Doucet and Littlechild, 2009). This seems to have been found helpful rather than unhelpful in enabling the parties to reach settlement.…”

German airport regulation: Framework agreements, civil law and the EU Directive

“…Over the last fifteen years or so, almost all transmission toll cases have been the subject of such agreements rather than a regulated (litigated) outcome. (Doucet and Littlechild, 2009).…”

Customer engagement in UK water regulation: towards a collaborative regulatory state?

“…These arrangements may lack any formal set-up between negotiated partners other than the agreement the involved parties come to at the end (see Doucet and Littlechild, 2009;Littlechild, 2009b). It is this strain in particular that influenced the debates in UK utility regulation, largely due to the entrepreneurship of Stephen Littlechild.…”

“…Finally, a separate literature on North American utility regulation has focused on negotiated settlements (Doucet and Littlechild, 2009;Littlechild, 2008Littlechild, , 2009a. These arrangements may lack any formal set-up between negotiated partners other than the agreement the involved parties come to at the end (see Doucet and Littlechild, 2009;Littlechild, 2009b).…”