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Setting price controls for 2015-20: PR14 financial model user guide
September 2014
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Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3
Background ....................................................................................................................................... 3
Structure of this user manual ............................................................................................................ 4
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Financial model ............................................................................................................................ 6
Users ................................................................................................................................................. 6
Technical requirements .................................................................................................................... 6
Opening the model ........................................................................................................................... 6
Operating the model ......................................................................................................................... 7
Structure of the financial model ........................................................................................................ 8
Retail sheets ................................................................................................................................... 11
Wholesale sheets ........................................................................................................................... 11
Combined sheets ............................................................................................................................ 12
Output/report sheets ....................................................................................................................... 13
Other sheets ................................................................................................................................... 13
Input sheets .................................................................................................................................... 14
Navigating the ‘inputs real’ sheet .................................................................................................... 14
F_Inputs .......................................................................................................................................... 19
Calculation sheets overview ........................................................................................................... 19
Wholesale calculation sheets ......................................................................................................... 19
Retail calculation sheets ................................................................................................................. 21
Price control solving ........................................................................................................................ 24
Standard reports (model outputs) ................................................................................................... 27
‘F_Output’ sheet.............................................................................................................................. 28
3.
Price control solving ................................................................................................................... 29
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 29
Retail price control – net margin headroom check ......................................................................... 30
Wholesale price control solving ...................................................................................................... 32
Stage 1 – reset allowed revenues .................................................................................................. 36
Stage 2 – adjust gearing ................................................................................................................. 37
Stage 3 – target rate of return......................................................................................................... 43
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