Price Controls 180 · On-demand course
A recorded case study from MCC Economics on how Abu Dhabi has structured price controls for electricity and water, from the weighted average cost of capital and Maximum Allowed Revenue to ring-fencing, recycled water and demand-side management incentives.
Price Controls 180 is delivered by practitioners who advise utilities and government bodies in the United Arab Emirates on price controls and financial modelling.
Course lead
Director, MCC Economics
PJ has worked on price controls from the regulator's side and for regulated companies, including RIIO-2 work with Ofgem and the Utility Regulator for Northern Ireland.
I heartily recommend PJ to anyone seeking input on the financial parameters that underpin different regulatory models.
Price Controls 180 is a recorded case study of price controls in the United Arab Emirates, focused on Abu Dhabi's electricity and water sectors. It traces how its frameworks evolved to RC1 and RC2, and explains how the weighted average cost of capital, Maximum Allowed Revenue, ring-fencing, recycled water regulation and demand-side management incentives work together.
You will be able to explain how Abu Dhabi's price controls work and the policy logic behind them. The course is built around three outcomes.
The lecture sets out the regulatory context in the United Arab Emirates and then follows Abu Dhabi's price controls in sequence.
These are the terms the course uses most, in plain English.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Maximum Allowed Revenue (MAR) | The most revenue a regulated utility may recover under its price control. |
| Weighted average cost of capital (WACC) | The blended return that lenders and shareholders require, used to set the return part of allowed revenue. |
| Ring-fencing | Keeping the costs and revenues of each regulated activity separate, so one stream does not subsidise another. |
| Recycled water | Treated wastewater supplied for reuse, for example for irrigation, which can be regulated as its own service. |
| Demand-side management | Measures that reduce or shift customers' use of electricity or water, which incentives can reward. |
| RC1 and RC2 | Successive price control frameworks in Abu Dhabi, following the earlier controls from PC1 onwards. |
| Cost transparency | Requiring utilities to report costs in a consistent, auditable way so the regulator can compare and challenge them. |
It suits anyone who works with, or studies, utility regulation in the Gulf.
Price Controls 180 applies the core courses to a real Gulf framework, alongside the case studies from Oman.
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MCC Economics advises utilities and government bodies in the United Arab Emirates, across Abu Dhabi and Dubai, as well as regulators in the United Kingdom. The firm was founded in London in 2017. Its regulatory economics work covers energy, water, aviation and infrastructure. You can read the team's background on the people page.
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No. Price Controls 180 is recorded course material only, so there is no meeting to attend. You get access to the materials once you register.
A lecture video, presentation slides, a quiz and a transcript.
Abu Dhabi, and how it has structured price controls for electricity and water services.
They are successive Abu Dhabi price control frameworks. The course traces how its controls evolved from the earliest, PC1, through to RC2.
It is not required, but Price Controls 120 and Price Controls 130 explain allowed revenue and the cost of capital, which this case study applies.
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