Eoghan O’Neill and Melvyn Weeks
Causal Tree Estimation of Heterogeneous Household Response to Time-Of-Use Electricity Pricing Schemes
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S. Littlechild latest submission to CMA
Stephen Littlechild has responded to the CMA’s invitation to comment on its proposed review of the Prepayment Charges Restriction Order 2016. In his response “Providing for a transition back to a competitive retail energy market” he suggests that the CMA phase out the prepayment meter tariff cap by December 2020 rather than leave a “cliff… Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1905
Paul Nillesen and Michael Pollitt Ownership Unbundling of Electricity Distribution Networks Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Journal Article: Energy Policy, 2019, Vol 126
Uchechukwu Jarrett, Kamiar Mohaddes and Hamid Mohtadi Oil price volatility, financial institutions and economic growth Energy Policy, Volume 126, March 2019, Pages 131-144 Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1904
Chi Kong Chyong, Bowei Guo, and David Newbery The impact of a Carbon Tax on the CO2 emissions reduction of wind Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1903
Tooraj Jamasb and Manuel Llorca Energy Systems Integration: Economics of a New Paradigm Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Journal Article: Energy Policy, 2019, Vol 127
Sinan Kufeoglu and Michael Pollitt The impact of PVs and EVs on domestic electricity network charges: A case study from Great Britain Energy Policy 2019, Volume 127, April 2019, Pages 412-424 Based on EPRG WP#1814 Continue Reading
Julius Weitzdörfer
Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge E-mail: jfww2@cam.ac.uk Research Interests: governance of extreme technological risk, energy and the environment, infrastructure safety and security, including nuclear “error and terror” Biography: Dr Julius Weitzdörfer is Director of Studies in Law at Darwin College, an Affiliated Lecturer at the Faculty of Law,… Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1902
Victor Ahlqvist, Pär Holmberg and Thomas Tangerås Central- versus Self-Dispatch in Electricity Markets Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1901
Paul Simshauser On the impact of government-initiated CfD’s in Australia’s National Electricity Market Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1841
Paul Simshauser and Joel Gilmore On entry cost dynamics in Australia’s National Electricity Market Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Report “Productivity growth in electricity and gas networks since 1990” by V. Ajayi, K. Anaya and M. Pollitt
Victor Ajayi, Karim Anaya and Michael Pollitt wrote a report “Productivity growth in electricity and gas networks since 1990” for the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem), as part of the RIIO-2 consultation. It was published on 17 December 2018. You can read the report here Continue Reading
Henri van Soest
PhD Student, Department of Land Economy E-mail: hv271@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Professor David Howarth Research topic: The regulation of cyber security in the electricity system Research interests: energy policy, energy law, systems theory, information law Biography: Henri is a first year PhD candidate at the Department of Land Economy. His research deals with the regulation of cyber… Continue Reading
2018 EPRG Winter Seminar
EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2018 Winter Seminar. On December 6, 2018 EPRG hosted delegates to dinner at Newnham College, and on December 7, 2018 for a full-day seminar at the same college. Programme SESSION 1 – GETTING MARKET DESIGN RIGHT Chair: Karim Anaya (EPRG) Paul Simshauser (Griffith Business School) What went wrong with Australia’s National Electricity Market? The… Continue Reading
Report “Europe’s Electricity Market Design: 2030 and beyond” by M. Pollitt and C.K. Chyong
Michael Pollitt and Chi-Kong Chyong published a report “Europe’s Electricity Market Design: 2030 and beyond” for Center on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) on 10 December 2018. The complete report can be found here Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1840
Brent Eldridge, Richard O’Neill, and Benjamin F. Hobbs Pricing in Day-Ahead Electricity Markets with Near-Optimal Unit Commitment Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1839
Michael Pollitt and Lewis Dale Restructuring the Chinese Electricity Supply Sector – How industrial electricity prices are determined in a liberalized power market: lessons from Great Britain Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Felix Müsgens
Professor of Energy Economics, Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany E-mail: muesgens@b-tu.de Research Interests: Energy economics, environmental economics, climate economics Biography: Felix is professor of energy economics at Brandenburg University of Technology. He holds a Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Risk Management in Cologne. His dissertation ‘The Economics of Wholesale Electricity Markets’ was awarded the Theodor-Wessels-Preis for distinguished… Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1838
Mahir Sarfati, Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh, Pär Holmberg Increase-Decrease Game under Imperfect Competition in Two-stage Zonal Power Markets – Part II: Solution Algorithm Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1837
Mahir Sarfati, Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh, Pär Holmberg Increase-Decrease Game under Imperfect Competition in Two-stage Zonal Power Markets – Part I: Concept Analysis Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1836
Matthias A. Schnellmann, Chi-Kong Chyong, David M. Reiner, Stuart A. Scott Deploying gas power with CCS: The role of operational flexibility, merit order and the future energy system Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Presentation “Volatility and Macroeconomic Policy in the Middle East & North Africa Region” by K. Mohaddes
Kamiar Mohaddes gave a presentation “Volatility and Macroeconomic Policy in the Middle East & North Africa Region” at the Symposium on “The World Economic Outlook: Implications for Kuwait and the MENA Region” hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Middle East Center for Economics and Finance (CEF) and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)… Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1835
Xiaoping He and David Reiner Consumer Engagement in Energy Markets: The Role of Information and Knowledge Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Jordan Bisset
Research Assistant Email: j.bisset@jbs.cam.ac.uk Research Interests: empirical economics, distributional consequences of carbon taxes, sustainable fuel policy, climate change driven conflict and the natural resource curse. Biography: Jordan received his M.A. degree from the University of Edinburgh in 2017 and his MSc in Economics from KU Leuven in 2018. Previously, he has conducted research on the optimal public policy to… Continue Reading
Siyu Chen
PhD Student, University of Chinese Academy of Science, China Email: sc2134@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Chi-Kong Chyong Research Interests: energy policy, energy investment, operation research Continue Reading
Presentation “The political economy of a carbon price floor for power generation” by R. Ritz
Robert Ritz gave a presentation on “The political economy of a carbon price floor for power generation” to an expert roundtable hosted by the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels on 5 November 2018 | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1834
Jacqueline CK Lam, Lawrence YL Cheung, Y. Han, and SS Wang China’s Response to Nuclear Safety Post-Fukushima: Genuine or Rhetoric? Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1833
Juha Teirilä and Robert A. Ritz Strategic behaviour in a capacity market? The new Irish electricity market design Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Presentation “UK & European gas markets: taking stock and looking forward” by C.K. Chyong
Chi-Kong Chyong gave a presentation “UK & European gas markets: taking stock and looking forward” at BIEE Natural Gas Seminar, in London on 25 October 2018 | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1832
Sai Amulya Nyathikala, Tooraj Jamasb, Manuel Llorca, Mukul Kulshrestha Utilities Governance, Incentives, and Performance: Evidence from the Water Sector in India Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Vasileios Charitopoulos
Research Associate Email: v.charitopoulos@jbs.cam.ac.uk Research Interests: mathematical programming, optimisation of energy process systems, stochastic optimisation, energy policy, carbon capture and storage, game theory, multi-scale systems engineering, process intensification. Biography: Vasileios Charitopoulos is a Research Associate in the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at the University of Cambridge. He holds a diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National… Continue Reading
Mercedes Galindez
PhD Student, Faculty of History Email: mg570@cam.ac.uk Supervisor: Paul Warde Research topic: Contemporary socio-economic history of how renewable energy achieved cost competitiveness in key European markets, 1986 – 2017 Biography: Mercedes is a part-time PhD student at the Faculty of History. She previously obtained an MPhil in Latin American Studies at Cambridge, and read her… Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1831
Felix Grey and Robert Ritz Pass-through, profits and the political economy of regulation Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Report “Is there competition below the PPM tariff cap? What are the implications for policy?” by S. Littlechild
Stephen Littlechild wrote a report “Is there competition below the PPM tariff cap? What are the implications for policy?” This paper finds that the range of tariff offers that are widely available and significantly below the Prepayment Meter tariff cap is much less than first appears. It suggests various implications for policy relating to accuracy of information, setting… Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1830
Donato A. Melchiorre and Sinan Kufeoglu Economic Assessment of Using Electric Vehicles and Batteries as Domestic Storage Units in the United Kingdom Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Leigh Hancher
Professor, Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute, Italy Research Interests: energy market regulation, EU state aids and energy market governance. Biography: Leigh Hancher is a professor of European law at the University of Tilburg and is also attached to the Amsterdam office of Allen & Overy as Counsel. Leigh has been a Professor since 1991, initially at the… Continue Reading
EPRG Winter Seminar 2018
The registration for 2018 EPRG Winter Seminar is now over. Please contact EPRG Administrator re: availability. Thank you. Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1829
Karim Anaya and Michael Pollitt Reactive Power Procurement: Lessons from Three Leading Countries Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Tae Hoon Kim
Postdoc Researcher in Energy History, Division of History of Science, Technology, and Environment, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Email: thki@kth.se Research interests: Energy history, nuclear energy, energy transitions, energy geopolitics, utility regulation Biography: Tae-Hoon Kim is the Postdoctoral researcher in energy history of the STandUp for Energy strategic research programme at the Royal Institute of Technology… Continue Reading
Matthias Schnellmann
Research Associate, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge Email: mas227@cam.ac.uk Research Interests: low carbon energy and chemical processes, carbon capture and storage, energy systems, chemical looping, digitalisation of the energy and process industries Biography: Dr Matthias A Schnellmann is a Research Associate in the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He holds a… Continue Reading
Presentation “Pass-through, profits and the political economy of regulation” by R. Ritz
Robert Ritz gave seminar presentation on “Pass-through, profits and the political economy of regulation” at Yale University, USA on 12 September 2018 He also presented “Pass-through, profits and the political economy of regulation” at Resources for the Future Seminar in Washington DC, USA on 17 September 2018 The slides for both presentations can be found here Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1828
Paul Simshauser and Alexandr Akimov Regulated electricity networks, investment mistakes in retrospect and stranded assets under uncertainty Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
M. Pollitt quoted in EURACTIV
Michael Pollitt was quoted in the article “Capacity markets: A necessary evil in the energy transition?” by Frederic Simon, in EURACTIV media network, on 10 September 2018. The article is a part of EURACTIV special report on Capacity markets for electricity. The full text of the article can be viewed here Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1827
Paul Simshauser Price discrimination and the modes of failure in deregulated retail electricity markets Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Article “Europe should learn from California’s carbon trading” by R. Ritz and A. van Benthem
Robert Ritz, EPRG Assistant Director, University of Cambridge, and Arthur van Benthem, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, published an article “Europe should learn from California’s carbon trading” in The Hill on 5 September 2018. The full text of the article can be read here Continue Reading
Pedro Linares
Professor of Industrial Engineering, ICAI School of Engineering, Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Madrid, Spain Supervisors: David Newbery and Michael Pollitt Research interests: Sustainable Energy Policy, Energy Economics, Decision Theory Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1826
Sinan Küfeoğlu, Michael Pollitt & Karim Anaya Electric Power Distribution in the World: Today and Tomorrow Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1825
Sinan Küfeoğlu, Niyazi Gündüz, Hao Chen and Matti Lehtonen Shadow Pricing of Electric Power Interruptions for Distribution System Operators in Finland Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1824
Peiyang Guo, Jacqueline CK Lam, and Victor OK Li A novel machine learning approach for identifying the drivers of domestic electricity users’ price responsiveness Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG Working Paper 1823
Manuel Llorca, Ana Rodríguez-Álvarez, Tooraj Jamasb Objective vs. Subjective Fuel Poverty and Self-Assessed Health Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading