Branko Terzic is a former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) commissioner, state Public Service Commission commissioner and utility chief executive officer, currently working as the Global & U.S. Regulatory Policy leader in Energy & Resources for Deloitte Services LP.

During his career Branko has been a U.S. delegate to Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue, frequent speaker at energy industry events, lecturer at the Departments of Energy and State and consultant to the World Bank, U.S. Agency for International Development and the Inter-American Development Bank. He is chairman of numerous energy organizations and societies. His column, "Terzic on Strategy," has appeared in the biweekly New Power Executive newsletter since 1999. "Terzic on Strategy" addresses key issues affecting the energy industry. Read up on hot topics in the industry and access previous years' editions below.

2008 "Terzic on Strategy" Articles

The Parmenides Fallacy | May 9, 2008
Terzic mentions that the correct test should be whether rates today under restructuring are higher or lower than they would have been had the state retained cost-of-service regulation for electricity production.

Capital & Recovery | April 22, 2008
Terzic discusses that the rates need to be based on the expected future service life of utility assets if service is going to be matched to consumers' usage.

Public Opinion | April 4, 2008
Terzic discusses how, in the next decade, regulators will have to make major decisions that will result in higher rates to consumers. And they will have to make sure these decisions are in the interest of the public.

Inefficient Efficiency | March 14, 2008
Terzic discusses the perception that consumers are doing all they can to be energy-efficient.

Balkan Privatization
Terzic discusses the difficulty in evaluating reports of a recent sale of the Serbian National Oil & Gas company to Russia’s Gazprom. The sale included a package of features such as promise of construction of new pipelines, new natural storage facilities and favorable pricing of future gas supplies.  

The China Factor
Terzic discusses the proposal found in China’s 11th five-year plan for the electric power industry to create competition in electric power supply. Can China really establish a competitive power market where state-owned enterprises are the major participants?

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