Utility regulators serve in two potentially conflicting roles: An implementer of policies established by others and someone providing leadership to effect change, sometimes to the very laws that give the regulator his or her authority. The regulator’s success will depend upon his or her ability to properly perform these roles at the appropriate times, to […]

The Arabic Glossary of the Body of Knowledge on Infrastructure Regulation (BoKIR) glossary is a recent translation sponsored by the Electricity & Cogeneration Regulatory Authority (ECRA) of The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is through ECRA’s generous support that this work was made possible. We, the authors of this web site, are certain the translation […]

Regulating State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) raises a unique set of issues for a infrastructure regulator:  a state organization (which is often relatively new) is attempting to regulate another (very established) state organization that has strong links to politically powerful stakeholders. There is no simple recipe for regulators: the laws, traditions, and historical performance by the SOE […]

Transportation content was the first major addition to the site since launching the BoKIR. The national case studies and other resources related to rail, bus, and intra-urban transport are diverse, since approaches to transportation regulation differ widely across countries. The expansion of the infrastructure sectors covered in the narrative was necessitated by a growing recognition […]