Michael Pollitt, Chung-Han Yang and Hao Chen Reforming the Chinese Electricity Supply Sector: Lessons from International Experience Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt, Chung-Han Yang and Hao Chen Reforming the Chinese Electricity Supply Sector: Lessons from International Experience Continue Reading
Chi-Kong Chyong gave a presentation “EPRG research on large-scale numerical modelling of energy markets” during the meeting with National Infrastructure Commission in Cambridge on 2 March 2017 | PDF Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild The CMA’s assessment of customer detriment in the GB retail energy market Previously published in March 2017 under the title The CMA’s analysis of the retail energy market: an examination using textbook economics. Updated in April 2018 under a new title. Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Simon Taylor wrote a letter to Financial Times in response to the editorial “The case for public funding of UK nuclear” from 14 February 2017. The letter titled “The case for state funding must rest on strategic need” was published in FT on 15 February 2017. The full text can be found here | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery gave a presentation “European Clean Energy Policy for the Electricity Sector” at the 12th AEEE Conference in Salamanca University, Spain, on 2 February 2017 | PDF Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild and other former energy regulators submitted written evidence to the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee in response to the inquiry that is investigating the economics of UK Energy Policy. The full text can be found here. Further details of the Committee’s inquiry can be found here. Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt The Economic Consequences of Brexit: Energy Continue Reading
Matti Liski and Iivo Vehviläinen Gone with the wind: an empirical analysis of the renewable energy rent transfer Continue Reading
Gabriel Chan and Laura Diaz Anadon Improving Decision Making for Public R&D Investment in Energy: Utilizing Expert Elicitation in Parametric Models Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, published a policy brief “The US Shale Oil Revolution Requires Major Reforms in the Macroeconomic Policy Frameworks and Institutions in the MENA Region” at the Economic Research Forum. The brief is available online Continue Reading
Luis Orea, Inmaculada C. Álvarez, and Tooraj Jamasb Using a spatial econometric approach to mitigate omitted variables in stochastic frontier models: An application to Norwegian electricity distribution networks Continue Reading
Thomas Greve and Michael Pollitt A Future Auction Mechanism for Distributed Generation Continue Reading
Chi-Kong Chyong gave a presentation “Some Economics of Natural Gas Storage in North West Europe” at the AIEE Energy Symposium on Current and Future Challenges to Energy Security, on 1 December 2016 in Milan, Italy | PDF Continue Reading
Ana Rodríguez-Álvarez, Luis Orea and Tooraj Jamasb Fuel Poverty and Well-Being: A Consumer Theory and Stochastic Frontier Approach Continue Reading
Robert Ritz gave a presentation “OPEC vs US shale: Analyzing the shift to a market-share strategy” at Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource-Rich Economies (OxCarre) on 15 November 2016 | PDF Continue Reading
David Reiner together with Jorge Vinuales, Joanna Depledge and Emma Lees published a guest edited issue of Climate Policy journal (vol 17, #1) ‘Climate Policy After the Paris 2015 Climate Conference’ on 7 November 2016. The article covers the prospects of the Paris Agreement of the Climate Policy that follows from the Post-Paris Conference held in Cambridge… Continue Reading
Simon Taylor, EPRG Associate Researcher, was interviewed for BBC Radio 4 programme Costing the Earth on Nuclear Futures. The programme was broadcast on 1 & 2 November 2016 and covered the subject of extending the lives of the UK’s older nuclear power stations. To listen to the interview, please click here Continue Reading
G. Dolphin, M. Pollitt, and D. Newbery The Political Economy of Carbon Pricing: a Panel Analysis Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “Business Models for Future Energy Systems” during BIEE’s 11th Oxford research conference that took place at St John’s College, Oxford on 21-22 September 2016 | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery A simple introduction to the economics of storage: shifting demand and supply over time and space Continue Reading
Thomas Greve, Charalampos Patsios, Michael G. Pollitt, and Phil Taylor Economic zones for future complex power systems Continue Reading
Marta Rocha and Thomas Greve Contracting in a market with differential information Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt Electricity Network Charging for Flexibility Continue Reading
EPRG held a workshop on “Implications of Brexit for UK and EU Energy and Climate Policy” on 6 September 2016 at Sidney Sussex College. The Workshop comprised of 3 panel discussions sessions and finished with a dinner which included a keynote speaker, Vicky Ford, MEP and Chair of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European… Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt and Wadim Strielkowski submitted public comment Consumer solar distributed generation (DG): net metering and some competition issues to Federal Trade Commission (USA) under FTC initiative on Competition and Consumer Protection Issues in the Rooftop Solar Business, on 22 August 2016. To read the comment please click here Continue Reading
Manuel Llorca and Tooral Jamasb Energy Efficiency and Rebound Effect in European Road Freight Transport Continue Reading
Francisco D. Munoz, Adriaan Hendrik van der Weijde, Benjamin F. Hobbs and Jean-Paul Watson Does risk aversion affect transmission and generation planning? A Western North America case study Continue Reading
Rowan Adams and Tooraj Jamasb Optimal Power Generation Portfolios with Renewables: An Application to the UK Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, published an article “Is cheap oil really good for the global economy?” in Financial Times on 14 July 2016. To read the article, please click here. Continue Reading
Ibrahim Abada and Andreas Ehrenmann The prisoner’s dilemma in Cournot models: when endogenizing the level of competition leads to competitive behaviors Continue Reading
EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2016 CEEPR/EPRG Annual Conference with support from EDF Energy. The Conference took place in George C. Marshall Centre in Paris, France, on 7 – 8 July and comprised of 1,5 day of sessions and dinner. Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, gave a presentation “Oil Prices and the Global Economy: Is It Different This Time Around?” at the IIEA Conference on Iran’s Economy at Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany on 18 June 2016 | Slides Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild and other former energy regulators of the UK submitted a paper to Energy and Climate Change Committee for Committee’s oral hearing on the CMA energy market report that took place on 5 July 2016. The full text can be read here Continue Reading
David Newbery Pricing Electricity and Supporting Renewables in Heavily Energy Subsidized Economies Continue Reading
David Newbery’s latest contribution to DECC “How do we get to an electricity market with government making as few decisions as possible by 2025?”, 10 March 2016. To full text can be found here. Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “What are the prospects for electrical energy storage (EES)? Lessons from Europe and California” at the International Conference on the Frontier of Advanced Batteries, CIBF2016 and the 6th China International Energy Storage Conference in Shenzhen, China, on 25 May 2016 | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery Questioning the EU Target Electricity Model – how should it be adapted to deliver the Trilemma? Also published in Energy Policy under the title “Tales of Two Islands – Lessons for EU Energy Policy from Electricity Market Reforms in Britain and Ireland” and available here Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “In Search of ‘Good’ Energy Policy: why multi-disciplinary approaches to Energy and Climate problems are so important” at CEEP, Beijing Institute of Technology, China, on 20 May 2016 | PDF Continue Reading
EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2016 Spring Seminar in partnership with FTI Consulting and Compass Lexecon. On May 12, 2016 EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Westminster College, and on May 13, 2016 at the Moller Centre, Churchill College for a full-day seminar. Continue Reading
Laura-Lucia Richter and Michael Pollitt Which Smart Electricity Services Contracts Will Consumers Accept? The demand for compensation in a platform market Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild’s latest response to CMA Provisional Decision on Remedies from 11 April 2016 and Supplementary Submission on Provisional Decision on Remedies from 20 April 2016. Continue Reading
Laura-Lucia Richter and Melvyn Weeks Flexible Mixed Logit with Posterior Analysis: Eliciting Willingness to Pay for Grid Resilience Continue Reading
The final interview with David MacKay (22 April 1967 – 14 April 2016) appeared in the article “Idea of renewables powering UK is an ‘appalling delusion’” in The Guardian on 3 May 2016. To read the article and listen to the interview, please click here Continue Reading
Francisco Castellano Ruz and Michael G. Pollitt Overcoming barriers to electrical energy storage: Comparing California and Europe Continue Reading
Thomas Greve and Michael Pollitt A VCG Auction for Electricity Storage Continue Reading
Simon Taylor, Director of the Master of Finance Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and EPRG Associate Researcher, published an article “The Folly of Hinkley” in Prospect magazine on 21 April 2016. To read the article, please click here. Continue Reading
Robert Ritz gave a presentation ” Strategic investment, multimarket interaction and competitive advantage: An application to the natural gas industry” during the Seminar in Energy Economics, at Ecole des Mines & Paris Dauphine, France, on 13 April 2016 | PDF Continue Reading
We were saddened by the death of our colleague and associate Sir David MacKay, Regius Professor of Engineering at Cambridge, DECC’s former Chief Scientific Advisor, on 14 April 2016 at the age of 48. The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Amber Rudd, posted that “David was the model of a scientist in… Continue Reading
The article “What is needed for battery electric vehicles to become socially cost competitive?” by David Newbery and Goran Strbac was published on ScienceDirect website on 6 April 2016. To read the article in PDF, please click here. To access the online version (available till 26 May 2016), please click here Continue Reading
Simon Taylor, Director of the Master of Finance Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and EPRG Associate Researcher, was invited to the House of Commons Select Committee on Energy and Climate Change to give evidence on the future of the Nuclear Power and Hinkley Project industry on 23 March, 2016. To listen to the recording, please… Continue Reading