UKRN-OECD joint webinar: Cost of Capital

On 5 March, the UKRN jointly organised a webinar with the OECD to discuss challenges and share best practice in estimating the cost of capital.

This focused on three main issues of interest, which had been raised with the OECD’s Network of Economic Regulators by the Latvian Public Utilities Commission – measures to address in-period changes during price controls, incentives to encourage green investment and challenges around estimating asset betas.

It was a very interesting and wide-ranging conversation, covering multiple sectors and countries, including presentations from UK (Ofwat, Ofgem and CAA), Portugal (ERSE), Germany (BNetzA) and contributions from both the current and future Chairs of the Network of Economic Regulators.