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Consortium acts on the completed transfer of an offshore transmission link

CEPA is proud to have been part of the Smith Square Partners' Consortium that acted on the £666 million completed transfer of Moray East offshore wind farm transmission link.

Owner/operator of Ireland’s gas network receives decision about its allowable revenue

The Commission for Regulation of Utilities, Ireland’s independent energy and water regulator, has published its decision about Gas Networks Ireland’s (GNI) current price control, which sets out the revenues GNI can collect from its customers over a five-year period.

£573 million transfer of Triton Knoll offshore wind farm transmission link completed

Ofgem has announced its confirmation to grant an offshore transmission licence to ETEPCO (a consortium of Equitix Ltd & TEPCO Power Grid Inc).

Commission for Regulation of Utilities Price Control 5 consultation published

Our reports on Irish gas network revenues and incentives have been published by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities.

Competition issues in telecoms and related markets

Read our briefing note that examines issues in competition economics and law and how these affect market structure, firm behaviour, sharing agreements and mergers.

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) publishes its report on the card-acquiring market

Card-acquiring services enable merchants to accept card payments. We supported the PSR with its market review and have advised about a range of other payment systems policies.

Ofwat publishes further CEPA report on allocation of risk

Our latest report for Ofwat supports its early thinking on the design of the next water sector price review, PR24.

How to regulate fibre service providers

The New Zealand Commerce Commission published its emerging views on regulating the fibre service providers.

Authorised Push Payment scams

Working with the industry and the regulator to summarise responses to a draft code.

Setting of allowed revenues for the gas transmission & distribution

As part of a consortium, CEPA advised on setting allowed revenues for Gas Networks Ireland’s (GNI) TSO and DSO businesses over the PC4 price control period.

Alternative approaches for setting the cost of debt

CEPA were commissioned by two UK economic regulators to look at alternative approaches that could be used in regulatory determinations for the cost of debt allowance.

Estimating a shadow value of water

CEPA were appointed by the EBRD to support them in developing estimates of an economic value of water, reflecting the full social costs of water...

Open Access funding for publication system in Switzerland

CEPA was asked by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to recommend a funding model that would allow for a complete transition to an Open Access (OA) publication system in Switzerland by 2020-2024.  

Economic assessment of the Future Charging Model for cheque processing

Cheque and Credit Clearing Company (C&CCC) appointed CEPA to provide an economic assessment of the proposed funding and charging methodology for this new Image Clearing System (ICS).