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Utility Regulation Training Course
A two day training course focusing on price regulated utilities
2nd & 3rd October 2012, Central Location, London
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Speakers include:
Dr Andrew Lilico
Principal and Director, Europe Economics
Dr Andrew Lilico
Principal and Director, Europe Economics
Biography
Dr Andrew Lilico is a Director of Europe Economics and is a leading finance expert. At Europe Economics, Andrew has directed major projects on financial services regulation, the cost of capital, pharmaceuticals, competition, and impact assessment. He has lectured at UCL in Corporate Finance, Money and Banking, and Macroeconomics. He is a member of the IEA/Sunday Times Shadow Monetary Policy Committee, and is a frequent commentator on the BBC, Sky, Bloomberg and CNBC.
Dermot Glynn
Chairman, Europe Economics
Dermot Glynn
Chairman, Europe Economics
Biography
Dermot Glynn is a member of the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Chairman of Europe Economics. He has overseen the successful execution of a wide range of projects for a variety of utility and other regulatory clients, both public and private sector. Earlier in his career, Dermot spent time as Managing Director of another economics consultancy, Chief Economist at the leading accountancy firm KPMG, and Economic Director at the Confederation of British Industry.
Stephen Topping
Managing Consultant, Europe Economics
Stephen Topping
Managing Consultant, Europe Economics
Biography
Stephen Topping leads many of our utility regulation projects. He has over 10 years’ experience advising clients across a range of utilities sectors, including clients in the energy, water, airports and telecoms sectors. He has advised on many aspects of utility regulation, including the design of regulatory frameworks, cost of capital, comparative efficiency and the introduction of competition. He has worked on secondment within the OFT, Ofwat and Ofcom.
Conference overview:
This training course is a perfect opportunity for professionals from utilities or related industries to gain a comprehensive insight into the methods used by regulators while examining the implications of their approaches. Attendees will leave the course with a practical understanding of the fundamentals of price controls, including assessment of efficient costs, cost of capital and financeability, and incentive schemes.
By providing only senior-level experts as trainers throughout the entire course, we ensure a consistently high quality so that every second of the two days proves valuable. The syllabus has been designed to deliver a diverse range of sessions that will be relevant to all departments, including strategy, finance, regulation and compliance.
Feedback from our last Utility Regulation Training Course:
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“A comprehensive overview that gave me the missing pieces of the jigsaw” “Well worth my time, addressed the important issues” “Interesting and enjoyable. I achieved my objectives” “An intensive, high-quality course” |
Attending this course will allow you to:
- Understand the purposes of utility regulation and the roles of regulators
- Discover the methods used to calculate price controls
- Learn how regulators determine what costs to allow within price limits
- Gain practical insight into how the cost of capital is estimated
- Examine the role of incentive schemes and the different approaches
- Discuss the issues in an open forum with like-minded peers from various sectors
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