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Tahamina Khanam

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Visiting Researcher, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Supervisor: David Reiner Research Interests: Bioenergy and bioeconomy, Climate change and negative carbon emissions, Econometric and mathematical analysis of structural changes Continue Reading

Report “Savings available in the retail energy market and the Overall Customer Service score” by S. Littlechild

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In his recent report Stephen Littlechild finds that some of the savings apparently available in the retail energy market are questionable, and suggests the calculation of an Overall Customer Service score to inform customers who are considering changing supplier | PDF Continue Reading

Podcast “A ‘tough sell’: why it is so difficult to address climate change on a global scale” by M. Pollitt and D. Reiner

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Michael Pollitt and David Reiner recorded a podcast  “A ‘tough sell’: why it is so difficult to address climate change on a global scale” as part of the “Cambridge Judge Business School Debate” series. This podcast focuses on energy policy – the nature of the challenges, the difficulty in addressing climate change, and a few… Continue Reading

S. Littlechild latest submission to CMA

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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

Julius Weitzdörfer

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Research Associate, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, University of Cambridge E-mail:  [email protected] 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

Report “Productivity growth in electricity and gas networks since 1990” by V. Ajayi, K. Anaya and M. Pollitt

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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  For the full dataset (ED, ET, GD, GT)… Continue Reading

Henri van Soest

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PhD Student, Department of Land Economy E-mail: [email protected] 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

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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

Felix Müsgens

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Professor of Energy Economics, Brandenburg University of Technology, Germany E-mail: [email protected] 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

Presentation “Volatility and Macroeconomic Policy in the Middle East & North Africa Region” by K. Mohaddes

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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