Specialist advisory · Pacific perspective

Energy and regulatory economics for decisions that have to work.

Independent tariff, pricing, policy, financial and market analysis for governments, regulators, utilities, development partners, investors and businesses operating in regulated energy and infrastructure sectors.

Core services

Specialist advice across pricing, policy and analytical systems.

Each assignment is scoped around the decision the client needs to make, the evidence available and the institution that will own the result.

Energy regulation and tariff design

Defensible electricity pricing frameworks that balance revenue adequacy, affordability, efficiency and the regulator's legal mandate.

  • Electricity tariff reviews
  • Cost-of-service studies
  • Revenue requirement models
  • Tariff methodology design
  • Fuel adjustment mechanisms
  • IPP rate and PPA assessments

Financial modelling and investment analysis

Transparent models that show how capital, operating costs, demand, financing and policy choices affect prices and long-term sustainability.

  • Capex and opex review
  • Demand and revenue forecasts
  • Scenario and sensitivity analysis
  • Affordability testing
  • Investment appraisal
  • Long-term financial projections

Petroleum and fuel pricing

Import-parity, wholesale and retail pricing analysis for fuel-dependent island markets exposed to global benchmarks, freight and foreign exchange.

  • Import parity pricing
  • MOPS benchmark analysis
  • Retail margin review
  • LPG pricing regulation
  • Price monitoring systems
  • Downstream market reviews

Energy statistics and data systems

Practical data structures, reporting workflows and analytical tools that turn fragmented sector information into usable evidence.

  • Energy balance development
  • Data governance and definitions
  • Statistics publication systems
  • Market dashboards
  • Quality assurance processes
  • Python, SQL and spatial analysis

Economic policy and market reform

Policy and regulatory options assessed against market structure, stakeholder incentives, institutional capacity and implementation risk.

  • Regulatory framework design
  • Institutional options analysis
  • Market reform roadmaps
  • Policy impact assessment
  • Stakeholder analysis
  • Implementation planning

Infrastructure and competition analysis

Economic advice for essential services where pricing, access, investment and public-interest objectives interact.

  • Water and infrastructure pricing
  • Telecommunications market review
  • Access pricing
  • Competition assessment
  • Revenue adequacy analysis
  • Regulatory compliance review
Working model

From a difficult question to an answer your institution can use.

01

Define the decision

Clarify the choice, timetable, legal constraints, stakeholders and standard of evidence required.

02

Build the evidence

Assemble and test the data, assumptions, benchmarks and scenarios that materially affect the result.

03

Expose the trade-offs

Show how options distribute cost, risk and benefit across consumers, utilities, government and investors.

04

Make it implementable

Translate the preferred option into clear recommendations, tools and an achievable path to delivery.

Discuss the work

Need independent analysis for a regulated-market decision?

Send a short outline of the question, timing and intended users. Principal Consultant Prashant Sarup will respond directly.

prashant@econovaconsulting.com