공공요금 관련 소비자문제와 공공요금결정과정에서의 소비자복지 증진방안

Consumer Issuers and Regulatory Alternatives far Improving Consumer Welfare in Public Utility Pricing

This study was performed to make suggestions for improving consumer welfare in public utility pricing. The consumer related issues in the process of public utility pricing and the consumers' burden on expenditures for public utility were reviewed. Due to the large proportions of the expenditures for public utility to total consumption expenditures, the poor and the younger consumers had more disadvantages in rising consumer price on public utility than the rich and the older. Finally, four kinds of alternatives were suggested to solve the consumer problems in public utility pricing.