Stephen Littlechild published an article “An energy price cap will damage the industry. Here’s a viable alternative” in the Daily Telegraph on 9 January 2018 | PDF To read the article online, please click here Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild published an article “An energy price cap will damage the industry. Here’s a viable alternative” in the Daily Telegraph on 9 January 2018 | PDF To read the article online, please click here Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild gave a presentation “Competition and the UK retail energy market: Lessons for Australia?” during AEC Luncheon Seminar in Park Hyatt, Melbourne, Australia on 29 November 2017 | PDF He also presented “Competition and the UK retail energy market” at Meridian Energy Seminars, Wellington, New Zealand on 23 November 2017 | PDF You can view this presentation here Continue Reading
Mahmud I. Imam, Tooraj Jamasb, and Manuel Llorca Sector Reforms and Institutional Corruption: Evidence from Electricity Industry in Sub-Saharan Africa Previously published in January 2018 under the title Power Sector Reform and Corruption: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Updated in May 2018 under a new title. Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild and other former energy regulators of the UK submitted a written evidence to the BEIS Select Committee on pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft domestic gas and electricity (tariff cap) bill in November 2017. The full text can be found here. On 12 December 2017, S. Littlechild gave evidence in person during the Select Committee meeting. The written… Continue Reading
Ilkka Hannula and David Reiner The race to solve the sustainable transport problem via carbon-neutral synthetic fuels and battery electric vehicles Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Gauthier de Maere d’Aertrycke, Andreas Ehrenmann, Daniel Ralph, and Yves Smeers Risk trading in capacity equilibrium models Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery Designing an electricity wholesale market to accommodate significant renewables penetration: Lessons from Britain Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Karim Anaya and Michael Pollitt Regulating the Electricity System Operator: Lessons for Great Britain from around the world Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Assistant Professor, Econometric Institute, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Econometrics, Machine Learning, Energy Economics Biography: Dr. Eoghan O’Neill is an Assistant Professor in the Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Eoghan received his PhD in 2020, supervised by Dr. Melvyn Weeks. Eoghan’s research focuses on machine learning methods… Continue Reading
EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2017 Winter Seminar in partnership with NERA Economic Consulting. On December 7, 2017 EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Magdalene College, and on December 8, 2017 at Churchill College for a full-day seminar. Continue Reading
Assistant Professor, School of Applied Economics, Renmin University of China Email: [email protected] Research Interests: Energy market reform, climate and energy policy, applied economics Background: Dr Bowei Guo is an assistant professor at the School of Applied Economics at Renmin University of China. Bowei received his PhD in July 2020, supervised by Dr Melvyn Weeks and… Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt and Chi-Kong Chyong conducted a study “Brexit and its implications for British and EU Energy and Climate Policy” for Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE). It was published by CERRA as a Project Report on 22 November 2017 | PDF Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, gave a presentation “Oil Prices and the Global Economy: Is It Different This Time Around?” at the Conference on “Arab Oil Exporters: Coping with a New Global Oil Order”, at the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development on 26-27 November 2017 in Kuwait | PDF Continue Reading
Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental and Cultural Resources, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan R.O.C. E-mail: [email protected] Research interests: energy regulations, power market reforms in Greater China (including mainland China and Taiwan), oil & gas, international environmental law Biography: Chung-Han studied for his Master’s degree as a Chevening Scholar at Cambridge University Law Faculty. He also… Continue Reading
William J. Nuttall, Constantine Samaras, and Morgan Bazilian Energy and the Military: Convergence of Security, Economic, and Environmental Decision-Making Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes, Paul Cashin and Mehdi Raissi “Fair weather or foul? The macroeconomic effects of El Niño” Journal of International Economics, Volume 106, May 2017, Pages 37-54 Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, gave a presentation “Do Sovereign Wealth Funds Dampen the Negative Effects of Commodity Price Volatility?” at the Workshop on New Perspectives on Political Economy of the Middle East that took place at the University of Oxford on 27-28 October 2017 | PDF Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes and Mehdi Raissi Do sovereign wealth funds dampen the negative effects of commodity price volatility? Journal of Commodity Markets, Volume 8, December 2017, Pages 18-27 Continue Reading
David Newbery and Thomas Greve The strategic robustness of oligopoly electricity market models Energy Economics, Volume 68, October 2017, Pages 124-132 Continue Reading
Professor of Transitional Energy Strategies, Arup – Royal Academy of Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge E-mail: [email protected] Research Interests: Energy Strategy, Energy Storage and Distribution, Transport, Electric Vehicles Biography: John Miles is a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge and is the Arup/Royal Academy of Engineering Professor of Transitional Energy Strategies at the University’s Department of… Continue Reading
Ibrahim Abada, Andreas Ehrenmann and Xavier Lambin On the viability of energy communities Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
The UK government has published its strategic assessment and review of GB’s Gas security of supply based on a detailed analysis by CEPA using EPRG’s gas market models. Dr Chi Kong Chyong, EPRG Research Associate & Director of Energy Policy Forum, led the modelling work for this review. A summary of this strategic assessment and… Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes and Mehdi Raissi published an article “Implications of the current low oil prices for MENA countries” on Economic Research Forum website, on 9 October 2017 ‘Oil importers in the region should not overestimate the positive impact of the decline in oil prices on their economies given considerable uncertainty about the persistence of lower oil… Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild gave a presentation “The return to price caps: Where did it all go wrong and how to fix it?” during Beesley Lectures in London on 5 October 2017 | PDF Continue Reading
Seung Wan Kim, Michael G. Pollitt, Young Gyu Jin, Jip Kim and Yong Tae Yoon Contractual Framework for the Devolution of System Balancing Responsibility from the Transmission System Operator to Distribution System Operators Continue Reading
School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China Supervisor: David Reiner Research Interests: Evaluation of energy and environmental policy; Climate change economics; Sustainable economic growth; Chinese economy; Analytic general equilibrium model Continue Reading
Felix Grey Corporate lobbying for environmental protection Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong was quoted in the article “US anti-Russia sanctions may have negative impact on European energy security” in PenzaNews Agency on 4 August 2017. “While the exporters of gas – Russia and USA – are looking for more customers in the oversupplied market environment, European energy security is at odds: European gas markets are… Continue Reading
We are delighted to announce that Simon Taylor, EPRG Associate Researcher, is the winner of the 2017 Cambridge Judge Business School Sandra Dawson Research Impact Award. Funded by a generous donation from Professor Dame Sandra Dawson, the annual Research Impact Awards recognise the impact of our research on non-academic stakeholders. Awards are made on the basis… Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt Lessons from the history of independent system operators in the energy sector Energy Policy, Volume 47, August 2012, Pages 32-48 Continue Reading
Tooraj Jamasb, Luis Orea and Michael Pollitt Estimating the marginal cost of quality improvements: The case of the UK electricity distribution companies Energy Economics, Volume 34, Issue 5, September 2012, Pages 1498-1506 Continue Reading
Scott Kelly, Doug Crawford-Brown and Michael Pollitt Building performance evaluation and certification in the UK: Is SAP fit for purpose? Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Volume 16, Issue 9, December 2012, Pages 6861-6878 Continue Reading
Jia Li, Xi Liang, Tim Cockerill, Jon Gibbins and David Reiner Opportunities and barriers for implementing CO2 capture ready designs: A case study of stakeholder perceptions in Guangdong, China Energy Policy, Volume 45, June 2012, Pages 243-251 Continue Reading
David Reiner and Xi Liang Stakeholder Views on Financing Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration Projects in China Environmental Science and Technology, 2012 Volume 46, no. 2, pages 643-651 Continue Reading
Hongliang Yang and Michael Pollitt Incorporating undesirable outputs into Malmquist TFP indices with an unbalanced data panel of Chinese power plants Applied Economics Letters, Volume 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-283, Continue Reading
Jean-Michel Glachant, Paul Joskow, Michael Pollitt Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy: Vision, Purpose and Goals Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, Volume 1 Issue 1, pages.1-3 Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt and Steven Steer Economies of scale and scope in network industries: Lessons for the UK water and sewerage sectors Utilities Policy, Volume 21, June 2012, Pages 17-31 Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt The role of policy in energy transitions: lessons from the energy liberalisation era Energy Policy, Volume 50, November 2012, Pages 128-137 Continue Reading
David Newbery Reforming Competitive Electricity Markets to Meet Environmental Targets Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, Volume 1, issue 1, pages 69-82 Continue Reading
David Newbery Contracting for Wind Generation Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, Volume 1, issue 2, pages 19-36 Continue Reading
Emma ter Mors, Bart W. Terwel, Dancker D.L. Daamen, David M. Reiner et al A comparison of techniques used to collect informed public opinions about CCS: Opinion quality after focus group discussions versus information-choice questionnaires International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Volume 18, October 2013, Pages 256-263 Continue Reading
Xi Liang and David M. Reiner The Evolution of Stakeholder Perceptions of Deploying CCS Technologies in China: Survey Results from Three Stakeholder Consultations in 2006, 2009 and 2012 Energy Procedia, Volume 37, 2013, Pages 7361-7368 Continue Reading
Mallika Chawla and Michael Pollitt Global Trends in Electricity Transmission System Operation: where does the future lie? The Electricity Journal, Volume 26, Issue 5, June 2013, Pages 65-71 Continue Reading
Aoife Brophy Haney and Michael Pollitt International benchmarking of electricity transmission by regulators: A contrast between theory and practice? Energy Policy, Volume 62, November 2013, Pages 267-281 Continue Reading
Robert Ritz, Cameron Hepburn, John Quah Emissions trading with profit-neutral permit allocations Journal of Public Economics, Volume 98, February 2013, Pages 85-99 Continue Reading
Scott Kelly, Michelle Shipworth, David Shipworth, Michael Gentry, Andrew Wright, Michael Pollitt, Doug Crawford-Brown, Kevin Lomas Predicting the diversity of internal temperatures from the English residential sector using panel methods Applied Energy, Volume 102, February 2013, Pages 601-621 Continue Reading
David Reiner and Joel Faulkner Rogers published an article “Energy bill woes are down but support for market intervention remains strong” on YouGov website on 25 July 2017. The full text of the article can be read here Continue Reading
Peter Levi and Michael Pollitt Cost trajectories of low carbon electricity generation technologies in the UK: A study of cost uncertainty Energy Policy, Volume 87, December 2015, Pages 48-59 Continue Reading
Mallika Chawla and Michael Pollitt Energy-efficiency and Environmental Policies & Income Supplements in the UK: Evolution and Distributional Impacts on Domestic Energy Bills Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy, 2013, Volume 2, No.1 Continue Reading
Aoife Brophy Haney and Michael Pollitt New models of public ownership in energy International Journal of Applied Economics, Volume 27, No.2, March 2013, pages 174-192 Continue Reading