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Karim L. Anaya and Michael Pollitt

Understanding best practice regarding interruptible connections for wind generation: lessons from national and international experience

EPRG1309 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


EPRG joined with FTI Consulting and Compass Lexecon to present the 2013 Spring Seminar on The Move to Central Planning and Intervention.  The Spring Dinner was held at the Robinson College Dining Hall on Thursday, 16th May and the Seminar was held at the Umney Theatre, Robinson College, Cambridge on Friday, 17h May 2013.

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Pierre Noël

EU Gas Supply Security: Unfinished Business

EPRG1308 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Mallika Chawla and Michael Pollitt

Global Trends in Electricity Transmission System Operation: Where does the future lie?  PDF

Abstract: Unbundling of the Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) has resulted in establishment of different arrangements of electricity transmission system operation. While there is a significant move away from the traditional vertically integrated utility arrangement, it remains to be seen which one arrangement will evolve as a global winner.


Pere Mir-Artigues

The Photovoltaic Crisis and the Demand-side Generation in Spain

EPRG1307 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Michael Pollitt

Issues in the Transmission and Retail Electricity Market in the UK

CRIEPI, Tokyo 15 April, 2013 |  | PDF


Michael Pollitt

Electricity Market Reform in the UK

CRIEPI, Tokyo 15 April, 2013 |  | PDF


Rahmatallah Poudineh and Tooraj Jamasb

Investment and Efficiency under Incentive Regulation: The Case of the Norwegian Electricity Distribution Networks

EPRG1306 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Eben Upton and William J. Nuttall

Fuel Panics: insights from spatial agent-based simulation

EPRG1305 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Rabindra Nepal and Tooraj Jamasb

Caught Between Theory and Practice: Government, Market and Regulatory Failures in Electricity Sector Reforms

EPRG1304 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


David Newbery and David Reiner speak at workshop on CCS and the EMR organised by the UK CCS Research Centre

Understanding best practice regarding interruptible connections for wind generation: lessons from national and international experience

Imperial College, London 23 January, 2013 |  | David Newbery's Presentation | David Reiner's Presentation


Michael Pollitt and Karim Anaya

Understanding best practice regarding interruptible connections for wind generation: lessons from national and international experience

IET, London 18 March, 2013 |  | PDF


Michael Pollitt

Wholesale and retail electricity market reforms in the UK: What not to do

FAEE, Paris, 20 March, 2013 |  | PDF


Christian Winzer

Measuring Energy Security

EPRG1303 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Jim Krane

Stability versus Sustainability: Energy Policy in the Gulf Monarchies

EPRG1302 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Florence School of Regulation (FSR) Monthly Interview, David Newbery


Raphael J. Heffron

Nuclear Energy Policy in the United States 1990-2010: A Federal or State Responsibility?

EPRG1301 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Stephen Littlechild

Protecting customers or suppliers?: A response to Ofgem’s consultation on its Retail Market Review – Updated domestic proposals

21 December, 2012 |  PDF


Stephen Littlechild

Response to DECC Consultation on Ensuring a better deal for energy consumers

4 January, 2013 |  PDF


K.A. Daniels, H.E. Huppert, J.A. Neufeld, D. Reiner

The current state of CCS: Ongoing research at the University of Cambridge with application to the UK policy framework

EPRG1228 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Mallika Chawla and Michael G. Pollitt

Energy-efficiency and environmental policies & income supplements in the UK: Their evolution and distributional impact in relation to domestic energy bills

EPRG1227 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Aoife Brophy Haney and Michael G. Pollitt

International Benchmarking of Electricity Transmission by Regulators: Theory and Practice

CRNI Annual Conference , 30 November, 2012 |  PDF


Aoife Brophy Haney and Michael G. Pollitt

International Benchmarking of Electricity Transmission by Regulators: Theory and Practice

EPRG1226 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Philipp Koenig

The effect of LNG on the relationship between UK and Continental European natural gas markets

EPRG1225 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Nadia Chernenko

Carbon pricing on the Russian electricity market

10 November, 2012 | PDF


Stephen Littlechild

Ofgem and the Philosopher’s Stone

Institute of Economic Affairs, 20 November, 2012 | Click here to read full article | PDF


Pierre Noel

The energy policy conflict at the heart of government

The Guardian, 14 November, 2012 | Click here to read full article | PDF


Pär Holmberg and Bert Willems

Relaxing competition through speculation: Committing to a negative supply slope

EPRG1224 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Tooraj Jamasb and Rabindra Nepal

Security of the European Electricity Systems: Conceptualizing the Assessment Criteria and Core Indicators

EPRG1223 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Stephen Littlechild

Want a Simpler Energy Deal?  You'll Need Some Bottle

The Times, 9 November, 2012 | PDF


Michael Pollitt

Electricity Market Reform: Will it work and if so how?

Beesley Lecture, 8 November, 2012 | Presentation |  Lecture


Pierre Noel

In defence of commodity markets

INFO Magazine, November 2012 | PDF


Pierre Noel

Hype or Hope? Shale Gas and UK Energy Policy

Policy Exchange, 6 March 2012 |


Pierre Noel

Lord Howell in conversation with Dr Pierre Noël on UK energy policy

Filmed at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers on 18 October 2012 |


Pierre Noel

Much More Than a Debate on Natural Gas

Huffington Post, 16 October, 2012 | click here to read the full article


Alireza Talaei, Katherine Begg, Tooraj Jamasb

The Large Scale Roll-Out of Electric Vehicles: The Effect on the Electricity Sector and CO2 Emissions

EPRG1222 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Thomas Greve and Michael G. Pollitt

Designing electricity transmission auctions: an introduction to the relevant literature

EPRG1221 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


David Newbery

Energy’s contribution to economic growth

Submission to the House of Lords EU Select Committee, Sub-Committee on Environment, Agriculture, Fisheries and Energy: Imperial College London and EPRG Cambridge, September 2012 | PDF


Helena Meier, Tooraj Jamasb, Luis Orea

Household Energy Spending and Income in Britain 1991 – 2007

EPRG1220 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Scott Kelly, Michael Pollitt and Doug Crawford-Brown

Building performance evaluation and certification in the UK: a critical review of SAP?

EPRG1219 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


David Newbery

Progress on the UK Electricity Market Reform

23 July 2012 | PDF


Erkan Erdogdu

A cross-country analysis of electricity market reforms: potential contribution of new institutional economics

EPRG1216 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Dominique Finon and Guy Meunier

Option values of low carbon technology policies: how to combine irreversibility effects and learning-by-doing in decisions

EPRG1215 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Dominik Ruderer and Gregor Zoettl

The Impact of Transmission Pricing in Network Industries

EPRG1214 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Stephen Littlechild

Ofgem's retail choice: A response to Ofgem’s consultation on SLC 25A

28 May 2012 | PDF |


David Newbery

The Robustness of Agent-Based Models of Electricity Wholesale Markets

EPRG1213 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Erkan Erdogdu

The Political Economy of Electricity Market Liberalization: A Cross-country Approach

EPRG1212 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Michael Pollitt

Why the Government Must Rethink its Energy Policy

Published 7 December 2011 | Available at Parliamentary Brief


Reyyan Koc, Nikolaos K. Kazantzis, William J. Nuttall and Yi Hua Ma

Economic Rationale for Safety Investment in Integrated Gasification Combined-Cycle Gas Turbine Membrane Reactor Modules

EPRG1211 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Luis Orea and Jevgenijs Steinbuks

Estimating Market Power in Homogeneous Product Markets Using a Composed Error Model: Application to the California Electricity Market

EPRG1210 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

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