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EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2023 Spring Seminar in partnership with Compass Lexecon, “Energy policy: From crisis to net zero”. On May 4, 2023, EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Robinson College, and on May 5, 2023, at Robinson College for a full-day seminar. The first day concluded with a keynote speech given by Lucia Reisch (El-Erian Institute, Cambridge Judge Business School, “Can we nudge to net zero?”.

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PROGRAMME

4 MAY 2023

Lucia Reisch (El-Erian Institute, Cambridge Judge Business School) gave a keynote speech: “Can we nudge to net zero?”

5 MAY 2023

SESSION 1—ELECTRICITY MARKET DESIGN IN GREAT BRITAIN

Chair: Michael Pollitt (EPRG)

Jason Mann (FTI Consulting)

Kayte O’Neill (National Grid ESO)

SESSION 2—THE FUTURE OF HYDROGEN

Chair: Sahil Agarwal (FTI Consulting)

Anton Burger (Compass Lexecon)

David Reiner (EPRG) – slides

SESSION 3—ROUNDTABLE: POLICY RESPONSES TO THE EUROPEAN ENERGY CRISIS

Chair: Simon Taylor (EPRG)

Gordon Bennett (ICE)

Joanna Whittington

Joe Perkins (Compass Lexecon)

Michael Pollitt (EPRG) – slides

SESSION 4—INNOVATIVE CLIMATE POLICY

Chair: Robert Ritz (EPRG)

Cristina Peñasco (University of Cambridge)

Emily Shuckburgh (Cambridge Zero) – slides

Julia King, Baroness Brown (House of Lords) – slides

Concluding word – David Newbery (EPRG)

Podcast by Dr Kamiar Mohaddes & Economic Times about the economic effects of ElNiño for India, the rest of the Asia-Pacific, the United States & the global economy (regarding economic growth & inflation).

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Dr Kamiar Mohaddes talked to the podcast of Economic Times about the economic effects of El Niño for India, the rest of the Asia Pacific, the United States and the global economy regarding economic growth and inflation. This is based on his work with various colleagues (including from the International Monetary Fund), such as The Growth Effects… Continue Reading

Journal Article “From theory to practice: determining emissions in traded goods under a border carbon adjustment”, Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Volume 39,

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Robert Ritz (EPRG) and Michael Mehling (MIT CEEPR) have published a new paper “From theory to practice: determining emissions in traded goods under a border carbon adjustment ” in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. Continue Reading

Report “Social media enables people-centric climate action in the hard-to-decarbonise building sector” by R. Debnath, K. Mohaddes et al

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Ramit Debnath, Ronita Bardhan, Darshil U. Shah, Kamiar Mohaddes, Michael H. Ramage, R. Michael Alvarez, and  Benjamin K. Sovacool co-authored a report “Social media enables people-centric climate action in the hard-to-decarbonise building sector” for Nature Scientific Reports that was published on 17 November 2022. You can read the report here  Continue Reading

2022 EPRG Winter Seminar

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EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2022 Winter Seminar. On December 8, 2022, EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Sidney Sussex College, and on December 9, 2022, at Homerton College for a full-day seminar. The first day concluded with a keynote speech given by Cass Sunstein (Harvard University & Harvard Law School). PROGRAMME… Continue Reading

The Energy Policy Research Group recently provided two timely new contributions on the future of electricity policy in response to a major government consultation on the subject.  In July 2022, the UK Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) released its Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA), which BEIS described as the ‘biggest electricity market reform in a generation’ and submissions were due on 10 October 2022.

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Prof David Newbery, Prof Michael Pollitt, Prof David Reiner and Dr Robert Ritz submitted a response to the REMA Consultation Document Questions going through each of the chapters in detail. Prof David Newbery, EPRG’s director wrote a commentary on the future of UK electricity policy in response to REMA. Continue Reading

CEEPR & EPRG European Energy Policy Conference
Brussels, 1-2 September 2022

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EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2022 EPRG & CEEPR European Energy Policy Conference. This year the conference was held in strategic partnership with EDF. It took place at Sparks Building, Rue Ravenstein 60, in Brussels, Belgium, on 1 – 2 September 2022 and comprised of 1,5 day of sessions and dinner. PROGRAMME Thursday 1 September Welcome and Announcements Christopher R. Knittel… Continue Reading

“The Energy Market in Time of War” by Michael G. Pollitt

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Prof. Michael G. Pollitt assistant director at the Energy Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge and academic co-director at the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE), authored the “The Energy Market in Time of War”  that was published in The Centre on Regulation in Europe on 7 September 2022. You can read this article here Continue Reading

EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2022 EPRG & CEEPR International Energy Policy Conference “Strategies for 2050 Carbon Neutrality in East Asia” Seoul, 2022

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PROGRAMME Monday, 27 June 2022 Welcome and AnnouncementsChristopher R. Knittel (MIT)Michael Pollitt (EPRG)Yong Tae Yoon (SNU) KEYNOTE SPEECHPresident & CEO Seung-Il Cheong (KEPCO) KEYNOTE SPEECHCEO & Chairman Dong Hee Jung (KPX) NET-ZERO SCENARIOS OF MAJOR COUNTRIESChaired by David Reiner (EPRG) Kamiar Mohaddes (EPRG) (virtually)Sergey Paltsev (MIT)Jiyong Eom (KAIST) RESTRUCTURING AND REGULATING THE POWER INDUSTRY FOR… Continue Reading

David Newbery awarded the honorary title of Doctor by Dauphine – PSL

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We are delighted to announce that David Newbery (Director of EPRG, Emeritus Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge)  awarded the honorary title of Doctor by Dauphine-PSL on 2 June 2022 by Prof. El Mouhoub Mouhoud, President of Dauphine – PSL, and Prof. Bruno Bouchard, Vice-President of the Scientific Council. Please read more here… Continue Reading

Presentation “The Green Economy and the Path to Net Zero: Implications for Productivity Measurement” by M.Pollitt

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Michael Pollitt (Assistant Director, EPRG and Professor of Business Economics, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge) visited the ESCOE Annual Conference in Glasgow on 27 May 2022 and gave a talk on “The Green Economy and the Path to Net Zero: Implications for Productivity Measurement”  You can watch a video of the talk here A shorter interview… Continue Reading

Journal Article “Market Power and Long-term Gas Contracts: The Case of Gazprom in Central and Eastern European Gas Markets”, The Energy Journal, Vol. 44, Number 1, 2022

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Chi Kong Chyong, David M Reiner, Dhruvak Aggarwal Market Power and Long-term Gas Contracts: The Case of Gazprom in Central and Eastern European Gas Markets The Energy Journal, Volume 44, Number 1, 2022 Also Published as EPRG WP 2115 Continue Reading