Abstract Price regulation of water utilities is a key tool for ensuring fairness, accessibility and efficiency of water supply for citizens and industry. This article examines various aspects of price regulation in the water sector, including legal frameworks and economic models. The results show that effective price regulation can support investment in infrastructure, improve the quality of services provided and ensure equal access for all residents. The definition of what is regulated and what is not regulated for a particular entrepreneur operating in the network industries is crucial, given the pricing, which is fundamentally affected by the sharing of revenues and costs when these activities occur 1 . The aim of the article is to compare approaches to price regulation in network industries, with a focus on the tendency to reduce state intervention in pricing abroad. The aim of the article is to draw attention to the balancing of the right of an entrepreneur in a regulated industry to freely conduct business and the right of the public to a safe and accessible service in the public interest. The author of the article sees no relevant reason for an entrepreneur in a regulated industry to be limited (even indirectly through intervention in pricing) in the performance of unregulated activities.
Jozef Tekeli (Sun,) studied this question.