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This brief analyzes the changes in rates for residential customers in the Virginia service territories of Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power Company between January 1, 2019 and April 1, 2025.… read more »

This report explores several aspects of the relationships between fuel costs and the electricity rates charged by Florida’s major investor-owned utilities (IOUs), with a specific focus on natural gas costs and residential rates. It includes evaluations of: (i) how fuel costs have varied over time, (ii) the relative role of fuel costs as a component of residential retail rates, (iii) the effects of fuel costs and other factors on customer rate volatility, and (iv) how different future scenarios of natural gas prices and natural gas generation reliance would affect fuel costs and customer rates.… read more »

If utilities perform well on outcomes set by the regulator, they should expect to earn returns over the base level return on equity (ROE); if they perform poorly, they should expect to earn no more than the base level ROE. Performance adjustments can be made using incentives or penalties. The level of incentives or penalties may or may not be equivalent or proportional depending on the framework design. This report is a non-exhaustive review of how some states and utilities have put PBR into practice, including states to watch in 2025.… read more »

This is an issue brief on Nevada Power Company’s 2025 residential demand charge proposal, approved by the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada in September 2025.

This is a summary briefing on NC 266. For a high-level overview, see the executive summary.

This report presents an analysis of Duke Energy’s natural gas buildout risks and impacts on residential customers under the 2023 NC Carbon Plan.

This brief compares NV Energy’s proposed $45.30 per month proposed fixed residential charge to other utilities in the U.S.

This brief describes The Role of Fuel Costs in Duke Energy’s North Carolina Retail Rates From 2017 Through March 2024

EQ Research’s analysis of residential fixed charges. Residential Fixed Charges – Comparison of 171 Utilities as of March 30, 2023

EQ Research reacts to the three major California IOU fixed charges proposals (R.22-07-005). Residential Fixed Charges – Comparisons of California IOU Proposals