Regulating public utility performance : the law of market structure, pricing and jurisdiction

Regulatory law : purposes, powers, rights and responsibilities -- The traditional utility monopoly -- Authorizing competition -- Making competition effective -- Monitoring competition for anticompetitive conduct -- Just-and-reasonable prices in non-competitive markets : cost-based rates set by the regulator -- Just-and- reasonable prices in "competitive" markets : market-based rates set by the seller -- Rate discrimination : when is favoritism undue? -- Filed rate doctrine : the filed rate is the only lawful rate -- Retroactive ratemaking : the prohibition and the exceptions -- Mobile-Sierra doctrine : when does "contract sanctity" give way to government-ordered amendments? -- The federal-state relationship -- Jurisdiction's future.