Scaling up off-utility water provision
ECA INSIGHT >> Scaling up off-utility water provision Over half of the global population currently lacks access to a safe, affordable, and reliable water supply. An estimated 676 million people depend on alternative off-utility supplies, as piped connections are...
Making CBAM work for the EU’s near neighbours
ECA INSIGHT >> Making CBAM work for the EU’s near neighbours In February, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee voted in favour of the block introducing a Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), passing another milestone on the path to the world’s...
Another regulatory puzzle: Treatment of working capital and construction work-in-progress
ECA INSIGHT >> Another regulatory puzzle: Treatment of working capital and construction work-in-progress Following our 2021 Insight on inflation of the Regulatory Asset Base (RAB) and Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC), in this Insight we shed light on the...
Can markets work at net zero?
ECA INSIGHT >> Can markets work at net zero? With progress towards net zero, many believe that we are in a post market world for electricity delivery. With the marginal plant regularly being one with zero variable cost (wind, solar, etc.) setting the market...