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Barkovich, Barbara Rose was born on December 18, 1950 in Tokyo. Daughter of Anthony and Mildred (Donner) Barkovich.
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(Regulatory Interventionism in the Utility Industry: Fairness, Efficiency and the Pursuit of Energy Conservation ) Author: Barbara R. Barkovich Apr-1989
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Regulatory Interventionism in the Utility Industry: Fairness, Efficiency, and the Pursuit of Energy Conservation (Japanese Studies)
( During the 1970s and early 1980s utility regulators mov...)
During the 1970s and early 1980s utility regulators moved from largely unintrusive regulatory practices towards more aggressive and intrusive strategies. This study explores the reasons for the change and examines the trade-offs involved between seeking fairness to customers and efficiency of operations as primary goals of regulatory policies. An extended case study of the California Public Utilities Commission's conservation policies and utility programs from 1975 to 1984 is used to test theoretical explanations of interventionism. In a look toward the future of interventionist regulatory behavior, Barkovich concludes that in the future regulators will face more stringent limitations in pursuing certain forms of interventionism. Business Information ALERT This pioneering study analyzes the changing nature of utility regulation in the United States, with particular emphasis on the 1970s and early 1980s when regulators moved from largely unintrusive regulatory practices toward more aggressive and intrusive strategies. Barkovich explores the reasons for this change in regulatory behavior and examines the trade-offs involved between seeking fairness to customers and efficiency of operations as primary goals of regulatory policies. Theoretical explanations of regulatory interventionism are then tested in an extended case study of the California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) conservation policies and utility programs from 1975 to 1984--widely cited as among the most active and creative in the nation. Barkovich identifies three factors influencing regulatory decisionmaking--interest groups, the regulatory commission organization, and ideology--and proposes an extension of existing regulatory theory to explain interventionist behavior. Based upon an in-depth examination of the CPUC's policymaking, she demonstrates that regulatory interventionism has a number of prerequisites, among them factors which promote regulatory autonomy and reduce external constraints upon regulators. Finally, Barkovich looks toward the future of interventionist regulatory behavior in an increasingly market-oriented, service delivery system, concluding that, in the future, regulators will face more stringent limitations in pursuing certain forms of interventionism. Energy industry professionals, regulatory decisionmakers, and students of the utility industry and of government regulation of business will find important new insights into the social, political, and economic dynamics of utility regulation.
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Barbara Rose Barkovich
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Bachelor, University of California, San Diego, 1972; Master of Science, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1987.
Career
Assistant energy policy analyst, National Science Foundation, Washington, 1974-1975;
research specialist, California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, 1975-1978;
director policy and planning, California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, 1978-1983;
vice president, 1st Interstate Bancorp, Los Angeles, 1983-1985;
private practice consultant, San Rafael, California, 1985-1987;
partner, Barkovich & Yap, San Rafael, 1987-1993;
principal, Barkovich and Yap, Inc., since 1993. Member Policy Sciences Advisory Board, 1981-1984. Member commission on electricity in economics growth National Research Council, 1984-1986.
Member Energy Engineering Board, National Research Council, since 1990.
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Regulatory Interventionism in the Utility Industry: Fairness, Efficiency, and the Pursuit of Energy Conservation (Japanese Studies)
( During the 1970s and early 1980s utility regulators mov...)
- (Regulatory Interventionism in the Utility Industry: Fairness, Efficiency and the Pursuit of Energy Conservation ) Author: Barbara R. Barkovich Apr-1989
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Regulatory Interventionism in the Utility Industry: Fairness, Efficiency, and the Pursuit of Energy Conservation (Japanese Studies)
Membership
Board of directors Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, since 1993, Pacific Environment and Resources Center, 1990-1993, Freewheelers Association, Inc., San Francisco, 1989. Docent Audubon Canyon Ranch, Bolinas, California, 1989-1990. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, International Association Energy Economists, Women Energy Associations (board directors since 1986).
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American
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1972
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1987
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1974 - 1975
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1975 - 1978
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1983 - 1985
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1985 - 1987
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1987 - 1993
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1993