TSEC3: Public Attitudes and Processes of Governance

A sustainable energy policy has multiple and at times conflicting objectives. This multiplicity of objectives requires a pragmatic approach to policy formulation; and public acceptance of the associated trade-offs can be a significant influence on policy effectiveness.

Our research in this area investigates and evaluates the political and social implications of trade-offs between, for example, maintaining security of supply and a resilient energy system, while developing market based mechanisms to incentivise investment in low-carbon technologies and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

TSEC 3 develops three themes:

  • Public perceptions of energy supply
  • Technological change, interest groups and political oversight of energy and electricity
  • New structures for policy and regulation

People

 

Research


Anthony Thomas and Raphael J. Heffron

Third Party Nuclear Liability: The Case of A Supplier in the United Kingdom

EPRG1205 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Elcin Akcura

Information Effects in Valuation of Electricity and Water Service Attributes Using Contingent Valuation

EPRG1127 Abstract | Nontechnical Summary | PDF


Christian Winzer

Conceptualising Energy Security

EPRG1123 Abstract |Non-Technical Summary |PDF


David Newbery

Contracting for wind generation

EPRG1120 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

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Scott Kelly

Do homes that are more energy efficient consume less energy?: A structural equation model for England's residential sector

EPRG1117 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Laura M. Platchkov and Michael G. Pollitt

The Economics of Energy (and Electricity) Demand

EPRG1116 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Chi-Kong Chyong and Benjamin F. Hobbs

Strategic Eurasian Natural Gas Model for Energy Security and Policy Analysis

EPRG1115 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Rabindra Nepal and Tooraj Jamasb

Reforming Small Power Systems Under Political Volatility: The Case of Nepal

EPRG1114 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Cedric De Jonghe, Benjamin F. Hobbs and Ronnie Belmans

Integrating Short-term Demand Response Into Long-Term Investment Planning

EPRG1113 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Jin Hooi Chan & David Reiner 

Dynamics of Evolution in the Global Fuel-Ethanol Industry

EPRG1111 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Florent Silve and Pierre Noël

Cost Curves for Gas Supply Security: The Case of Bulgaria

EPRG1031 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Aoife Brophy Haney and Michael G. Pollitt

New Models of Public Ownership in Energy

EPRG1030 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Chi Kong Chyong, Pierre Noёl and David M. Reiner

The Economics of the Nord Stream Pipeline System

EPRG1026 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Jin Hooi Chan and David Reiner

Vertical integration in a growing industry: security of supply and market access in fuel-ethanol value chain
BIEE's 8th Academic conference, Oxford

Presented 22 -23 September 2010 | Download Presentation | Paper


Sachi Findlater and Pierre Noël

Gas Supply Security in the Baltic States: A Qualitative Assessment

EPRG1008 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

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D. Hamilton, W. J. Nuttall, F. A. Roques

Agent-Based Simulation of Technology Adoption: Possible phenomenologies associated with consumer shifts to local electricity generation

EPRG0923 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


William J Nuttall

Slaves to Oil: Exploring parallels between the abolition of slavery and the challenge of climate change mitigation

EPRG0921 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary| PDF

Also published in:

  • Nuttall, W.J., "Slaves to Oil", chapter of "Energy and Innovation: Structural Change", Purdue University Press, Chapter 6,  pp. 121-134, RPR chapter of PRB

Pierre Noel

A Market Between Us: Reducing the Political Cost of Europe's Dependence on Russian Gas

EPRG0916 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Chi Kong Chyong, David M. Reiner and William J. Nuttall

Dynamics of the UK Natural Gas Industry:  System Dynamics Modelling and Long-Term Energy Policy Analysis

EPRG0913 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary |PDF

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John Ash

Another Man's Poison:  Risk Management and Nuclear Power Generation

EPRG0912 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary |PDF

Also published in:

  • Ash, John (2011), "Another Man’s Poison:  Risk Management and Nuclear Power Generation", Politics & Policy, Volume 39, No. 3: 317-344.

William J. Nuttall

Nuclear Energy in the Enlarged European Union

EPRG0904 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary| PDF

Also published in:

  • Nuttall, W.J. "Nuclear Energy in the Enlarged European Union", chapter in "Security Of Energy Supply In Europe Natural Gas, Nuclear and Hydrogen", Editors: F. Lévêque, J-M Glachant, J Barquin, Pontificia, C von Hirschhausen,  F Holz, and WJ Nuttall, Edward Elgar (ISBN-13 978 1 84980 032 7) RPR part of PRB

Dominique Finon, Fabien Roques

Financing arrangements and industrial organisation for new nuclear build in electricity markets

EPRG0826 Abstract | Non-Technical SummaryPDF

Also published in:

  • D. Finon & F. Roques, (2008). "Financing Arrangements and Industrial Organisation for New Nuclear Build in Electricity Markets," Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Intersentia, vol. 9(3), pages 247-282, September

Tao Zhang, William Nuttall

Evaluating Government's Policies on Promoting Smart Metering in Retail Electricity Markets via Agent Based Simulation

EPRG0822 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

Also published in:

  • Zhang, T. and Nuttall, W. J. (2011), Evaluating Government's Policies on Promoting Smart Metering Diffusion in Retail Electricity Markets via Agent-Based Simulation. Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28: 169–186. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00790.

Victoire Maugis, William J Nuttall

Metapolicy Options for Energy in England

EPRG0818 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


William Nuttall, Simon Taylor

Financing the Nuclear Renaissance

EPRG0814 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

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Simon Taylor

Nuclear Power and Deregulated Electricity Markets: Lessons from British Energy

EPRG0808 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

Also published in:

  • Taylor, Simon. (2007), "Nuclear Power and Deregulated Electricity Markets: Lessons from British Energy", DIW Conference, CESSA

John Ash

Energy Supply, Risk and Justice: Regulatory Strategies for an Era of Limited Trust

EPRG0807 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

Also Published in:

New Nuclear Energy, Risk and Justice: Regulatory Strategies for an Era of Limited Trust, Politics & Policy 38(2) 2010, 255-284. Available at Wiley InterScience



David Reiner

A Looming Rhetorical Gap: A Survey of Public Communications Activities For Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Technologies

EPRG0801 Abstract | Non Technical Summary | PDF


William Nuttall, Devon Manz

A New Energy Security Paradigm for the Twenty-First Century

EPRG0731 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

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Xi Liang, David Reiner, Jon Gibbins, Jia Li

Financing Capture Ready Coal-Fired Power Plants in China by Issuing Capture Options

EPRG0728 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

Also published in:

  • Liang, X., Reiner, D., Gibbins, J. and Li, J. (2010) "Getting ready for carbon capture and storage by issuing capture options." Environment and Planning A, 42(6): 1286-1307 (DOI: 10.1068/a42417)

Tao Zhang, William J Nuttall

An Agent Based Simulation of Smart Metering Technology Adoption

EPRG0727 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


Laurent Pouret, William Nuttall

Can Nuclear Power be Flexible?

EPRG0710 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

Related paper:

  • Laurent Pouret, Nigel Buttery and William Nuttall, Is Nuclear Power Inflexible?, Nuclear Future, 5, (6) pp. 333-341 and pp. 343-344. Available at Nuclear Future 

Alexandre Bredimas, William Nuttall

A Comparison of International Regulatory Organizations and Licensing Procedures for New Nuclear Power Plants

EPRG0709 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

 Also published in:

  • Nuttall, W.J. and Bredimas, A. (2008),"A Comparison of International Regulatory Organizations and Licensing Procedures for New Nuclear Power Plants", Energy Policy, Volume 36, Issue 4, April, Pages 1344–1354
  • A Bredimas and W J Nuttall, Les Systèmes Réglementaires pour les Nouveaux Projets de Centrales Nucléaires dans Sept Pays: une Analyse Comparée, Revue Générale Nucléaire, Volume 2007, No. 5, Septembre-Octobre, pp. 68-76

David Reiner

2006 EPRG Public Opinion Survey on Energy Security: Policy Preferences and Personal Behaviour

EPRG0706 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF


William Nuttall

Nuclear Renaissance Requires Nuclear Enlightenment

EPRG0612 Abstract | Non Technical Summary | PDF

 Also published in:

  • Nuclear or Not? Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future?  (2007) Editor D. Elliot, Palgrave and Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-230-50764-7 us.macmillan.com/nuclearornot
  •  Nuttall, WJ and Taylor, S. "Financing the Nuclear Renaissance", European Review of Energy Markets, 3 (2) pp. 187-202. RPR

David Reiner

From Public Understanding to Public Policy: Public Views on Energy, Technology & Climate Science in the United States

EPRG0607 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

Also published in:

  • Reiner, David. "From public understanding to public policy: public views on energy, technology and climate science in the United States" chapter in "Driving Climate Change: cutting carbon from transportation" Sperling, Daniel and Cannon, James. pages 201-217

Fabien Roques, David Newbery, William Nuttall

Generation Adequacy and Investment Incentives in Britain: from the Pool to NETA

EP58 Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF

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