Chi Kong Chyong and Roman Kazmin
The Economics of Global LNG Trade: The Case of Atlantic and Pacific Inter-Basin Arbitrage in 2010-2014
Chi Kong Chyong and Roman Kazmin
The Economics of Global LNG Trade: The Case of Atlantic and Pacific Inter-Basin Arbitrage in 2010-2014
David Newbery The long-Run Equilibrium Impact of Intermittent Renewables on Wholesale Electricity Prices Continue Reading
David MacKay, Regius Professor of Engineering, Cambridge University Engineering Department, lately Chief Scientific Advisor at DECC, and EPRG Associate Researcher, has been awarded a Knighthood in the 2016 New Year Honours List for “services to Scientific Advice in Government and Science Outreach”. Congratulations to Professor MacKay! We at EPRG are very proud to count him as one of… Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, was interviewed by BBC World Service on 30 December 2015. The interview covered Dr. Mohaddes’s recent research on El Niño and its economic effects around the world. The interview can be found here (5:36 min onwards) Continue Reading
Thomas Triebs and Michael Pollitt The Direct Costs and Benefits of US Electric Utility Divestitures Abstract | Non-Technical Summary | PDF Note: This Working Paper replaces EPRG WP#1024 Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong Markets and long-term contracts: The case of Russian gas supplies to Europe Continue Reading
Pär Holmberg and Frank Wolak Electricity markets: Designing auctions where suppliers have uncertain costs Continue Reading
EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2015 Winter Seminar in partnership with NERA. On December 10, 2015 EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Christ’s College, and on December 11, 2015 at Clare College for a full-day seminar. Continue Reading
David Newbery and Thomas Greve The robustness of industrial commodity oligopoly pricing strategies Continue Reading
Edward Anderson and Pär Holmberg Price Instability in Multi-Unit Auctions Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes, Lecturer and Fellow in Economics, Girton College, University of Cambridge, and EPRG Associate Researcher, wrote a blog “Don’t Blame the Abundance of Oil” that was published in Huffington Post on 25 November 2015. The full text can be found here Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt In Search of ‘Good’ Energy Policy: The Social Limits to Technological Solutions to Energy and Climate Problems Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild and the other former energy regulators recently submitted their response to CMA on Supplemental Remedies. In their response they argue that prohibiting Standard Variable Tariffs would overrule customer preferences. It would be better to promote more competition for SVTs. They also propose an alternative way forward, to recognise that the extent of Ofgem’s… Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes, EPRG Associate Researcher, was interviewed by CCTV America News Channel on El Niño’s weather related impact on world business. His research on the topic was also mentioned in The Economist. To view the interview, please click here. To read the article, please click here. Continue Reading
M. Pollitt and K. Anaya Can current electricity markets cope with high shares of renewables? A comparison of approaches in Germany, the UK and the State of New York. Continue Reading
Morgan Bazilian and Debabrata Chattopadhyay Considering Power System Planning in Fragile and Conflict States Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild published a report “Regulation of Retail Energy Markets in the UK and Australia” in a weekly energy newsletter of Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESAA) on 15 October 2015. The full text of the report can be found here. You can also click here to read the introduction by Andrew Dillon, General Manager of Corporate… Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “The Energy Union and the Energiewende” at Bruegel’s 10th Anniversary Conference that took place at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affaires and Energy, Berlin, Germany, on 28 September 2015 | PDF Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “How to Support Innovation in Network Industries: The Role of Regulators and Competition and the Case of Electricity” at 5th SEEK Conference in Mannheim, Germany on 9 October 2015 | PDF Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt gave an inaugural lecture “In Search of ‘Good’ Energy Policy: The Social Limits to Technological Solutions to Energy & Climate Problems” at Cambridge Judge Business School, on 7 October 2015 | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery presented “Stimulating Innovation in the Electricity Supply Industry” at the European Energy Forum 2015 that took place in London on 5 October 2015 | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery gave a presentation “Energy and the Environment: What’s the Challenge?” at British Academy debate in London on 22 September 2015 | PDF Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild, Fellow at Judge Business School and EPRG Associate Researcher, addressed the Indepen Forum on 29 September 2015 which was on the theme”Snakes and Ladders: price controls and markets. What might the CMA’s provisional findings mean for retail markets in utility services?” The full text of his opening remarks can be found here. Continue Reading
Sébastien Phan and Fabien Roques Is the Depressive Effect of Renewables on Power Prices Contagious? A Cross Border Econometric Analysis Continue Reading
David Newbery Reforming UK Energy Policy to Live Within Its Means Continue Reading
Xiaoping He and David Reiner Why Do More British Consumers Not Switch Energy Suppliers? The Role of Individual Attitudes Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong and David Reiner published an article “Nord Stream: The Sequel” on 12 August 2015 in EUobserver, an independent online newspaper covering EU affairs and based in Brussels. “The proposal to expand Nord Stream comes amid difficult negotiations on Turkish Stream, which, in December, replaced South Stream as the main transit proposal for… Continue Reading
Aoife Brophy Haney Managerial interpretation and innovation in response to climate change Continue Reading
David Reiner and Chi Kong Chyong were quoted in an article “Nord Stream 2 Expansion to Face Political Hurdles“, published by Annemarie Botzki on Interfax Energy website on 7 August 2015. “Nord Stream 2 would be cheaper because it is closer to the new Russian production base in Yamal, which would lower the cost of shipping gas to… Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong published an article “Russia’s Gas Pipeline Strategy and Europe’s Alternatives” on EurActiv.com – the leading online media on EU affaires, on July 3, 2015. “Strained relationships between EU and Russia due to the Ukrainian conflict forced Gazprom, Russia’s state gas monopolist, to abandon the idea of controlling pipelines “from wellhead to burner tip”. Gazprom’s new… Continue Reading
Amany El-Anshasy, Kamiar Mohaddes, and Jeffrey B. Nugent Oil, Volatility and Institutions: Cross-Country Evidence from Major Oil Producers Continue Reading
Comment on Catherine Waddams’s blog post: “A Regulator’s Price Comparison Website is Not Sensible” by S. Littlechild – Full Text Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild, Fellow at Judge Business School and EPRG Associate Researcher, published an article ‘Goldilocks’ Energy Price Limit Doesn’t Bear Scrutiny in The Telegraph newspaper. “Two cheers for the Competition and Markets Authority’s provisional findings in its energy market investigation. The first is for its comprehensive assessment of which aspects are a problem and which aren’t.… Continue Reading
EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2015 EPRG/CEEPR Annual Conference with support from Shell. The Conference took place at The Langham Hotel in London on 9 – 10 July and comprised of 1,5 day of sessions and dinner. PROGRAMME Thursday 9 July 2015 SESSION 1 – SETTING A FRAMEWORK FOR THE ENERGY TRANSITION Chaired by Suman Bery … Continue Reading
Raphael Heffron, Lecturer in Law at Leeds University and EPRG Associate, published his new book “Deconstructing Energy Law and Policy, The Case of Nuclear Energy“. To order the book online, please click here Continue Reading
David MacKay, Professor of Engineering and EPRG Associate, gave a presentation “Why ‘Good Energy Policy’ is Difficult? – Reflections on 5 Years in the DECC” on 30 April 2015 at In Search of ‘Good’ Energy Policy meeting on the policy making process of Department of Energy and Climate Change based on his time at DECC |… Continue Reading
C. K. Chyong was quoted in an article “Deeper reforms needed for Ukrainian gas market” published in ICIS website newsletter – the world largest petrochemical market information provider that covers Energy among other subjects. “The Ukraine’s new gas market law will have little impact on the transparency and efficiency of the country’s gas sector if… Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “Energy Prices: Up or Down?” at CUEN Annual Energy Conference in Cambridge on 11 June 2015 | PDF Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “UK Energy Policy Before and After the 2015 General Election” at French Association of Energy Economists (FAEE) Conference, on 10 June 2015, Paris, France | PDF Continue Reading
Kamiar Mohaddes and M. Hashem Pesaran Country-Specific Oil Supply Shocks and the Global Economy: A Counterfactual Analysis Continue Reading
EPRG is pleased to announce our successful 2015 Spring Seminar in partnership with FTI Consulting and Compass Lexecon. On June 4, 2015 EPRG hosted delegates to a dinner at Newnham College, and on June 5, 2015 at The Moller Centre for a full-day seminar. Programme SESSION 1 – EU Energy Union – which way forward for the… Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt and Karim Anaya published an article Electrical Energy Storage – Economics and Challenges in Energy World Magazine in April 2015. The full text of the article can be found here. Continue Reading
Robert Ritz The Simple Economics of Asymmetric Cost Pass-Through Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “Progress with the UK Electricity Market Reform (EMR)” in CEEP, Beijing Institute of Technology, China on 12 May 2015 | PDF Continue Reading
Comment: “UK Energy Policy after the 2015 General Election” by Michael Pollitt – Full Text Continue Reading
Pierre Noel, senior fellow for Economic and Energy Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in Singapore and Associate Researcher at EPRG, published an article “Brussels Blames Gazprom for Its Own Failings” in Financial Times on 29 April 2015. “The Russian state-owed company stands accused of anti-competitive practices allowing it to charge “unfair prices” in several… Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong was quoted in an article on Montel website – key information provider for the European energy markets in Norway, – on reasons behind increasing purchases of Russian gas by European Union. “European buyers are playing “intertemporal arbitrage” whereby they dry up gas in their storage facilities and re-inject them when Russian gas prices are lower in… Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong was quoted in Eurasia Review, an independent on-line journal and think tank, on possibilities and challenges for Caspian countries, like Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Iran, to be gas suppliers to the EU. The article also appeared in AzerNews and New Europe. “Azerbaijan is perhaps the only supplier in the region able to respond to the EU’s gas… Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong was quoted in PenzaNews, an independent on-line news agency in Penza, Russia, on possible perspectives and benefits for Europe by using different gas suppliers, and on the outcomes if Turkish Stream is built in full. “Co-existence between the two (gas suppliers from Russia and Azerbaijan) is not an issue, at least for Europe as the clients… Continue Reading
Robert Ritz gave a presentation “A strategic perspective on competition in international gas markets” at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on 10 April 2015 | PDF Continue Reading
Karim L. Anaya and Michael Pollitt Distributed Generation: Opportunities for Distribution Network Operators, Wider Society and Generators Continue Reading
David Tingle Bargaining Practice and Negotiation Failure in Russia-Ukraine Gas Relations Continue Reading
Robert Ritz presented “The impact of carbon emissions trading on industries” at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, CREW Symposium, on 23 March 2015 | PDF Continue Reading
CK Chyong and D. Reiner published an article “Time for ‘tough love’ in EU-Ukraine energy relations” in Europe’s World policy journal. Published every 4 months, Europe’s World is the only independent Europe-wide policy journal, produced in association with some 150-plus leading European think tanks and academic institutions. “If the EU is too forgiving in its… Continue Reading
Morgan Bazilian, Lead Energy Specialist at the World Bank and Associate Researcher at EPRG, published an article on world energy poverty in Foreign Affairs magazine. “Some two billion people lack electricity outright or have poor-quality service, and nearly three billion rely on dirty fuels, such as firewood and animal dung, for cooking and heating. Nearly 90 percent of… Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong was quoted in AzerNews, daily newspaper in Azerbaijan, on his perception about different suppliers of gas to Europe, including Caspian Region, as a solution to EU energy problem due to the crisis in Ukraine. “The Turkish Stream is as about bypassing Ukraine as it is about foreclosing competition from Caspian gas, particular coming from Azerbaijan and… Continue Reading
Robert Ritz gave a presentation Prices and Trade In Global Gas & LNG Markets during ‘Invited Talk’ session at ESCP European Business School, London Campus, on 10 February 2015 | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery Missing Money and Missing Markets: Reliability, Capacity Auctions and Interconnectors. Continue Reading
Andrew Jobling and Tooraj Jamasb Price Volatility and Demand for Oil: A Comparative Analysis of Developed and Developing Countries. Continue Reading
Wenche Tobiasson, Christina Beestermöller, Tooraj Jamasb Public Engagement in Electricity Network Development: A Case Study of the Beauly–Denny Project in Scotland Continue Reading
Robert Ritz Strategic Investment and International Spillovers in Natural Gas Markets Continue Reading
David Newbery, Goran Strbac and Ivan Viehoff The benefits of integrating European electricity markets Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong gave a presentation on “The Rise and Fall of South Stream and implications for a European Energy Union” at a conference “Energy Infrastructures: Towards The Creation Of A ‘European Energy Union’” organised by the Centre for Research on Energy and Environmental Economics and Policy, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy (12 February 2015) | PDF Continue Reading
Comment: “The GB 2014 capacity auction results” by David Newbery – Full Text Continue Reading
Daniel Hach, Chi Kong Chyong, Stefan Spinler Capacity market design options: a dynamic capacity investment model and a GB case study Continue Reading
Jon Stern Past And Potential Roles Of Electricity System Operators: From Liberalisation To Climate Change Management In Britain Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt presented “Energy Prices: Is a Price Freeze a Sensible Way to Restore Trust in the Market?” at Cambridge Judge Business School’s Business Briefing Meeting hosted by BNY Mellon, 29 January 2015, London | PDF Continue Reading
Chi-Kong Chyong, a Research Associate at the Energy Policy Research Group (ERPG) investigates Russia’s recent abandonment of “South Stream” in favour of “Turkish Stream” and what this means to European energy market. Read the full article in the Brussels-based online EUobserver newspaper, Continue Reading
Levi, P. and Pollitt, M. Cost trajectories of low carbon electricity generation technologies in the UK: A study of cost uncertainty Continue Reading
Anaya, K. and Pollitt, M. Integrating Distributed Generation: Regulation and Trends in Three Leading Countries Continue Reading
Anaya, K. and Pollitt, M. The Role of Distribution Network Operators in Promoting Cost-Effective Distributed Generation: Lessons from the United States for Europe Continue Reading
Professor Michael Pollitt, EPRG, Cambridge Judge Business School Join Michael Pollitt, Professor of Business Economics at Cambridge Judge Business School & Assistant Director of EPRG, as he discusses the state of the energy market and how it has evolved over the last few years. Taking into account competitive market theory, Michael will consider the relationship… Continue Reading
Creation of a gas hub in Turkey for Gazprom deliveries to Europe may change the Europeans’ view of the country, as well as trigger the rise of energy bills, the analysts of the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at the University of Cambridge expressed their opinion to Sputnik Thursday Continue Reading
Research from Cambridge Judge Business School’s Dr Michael Pollitt and Dr Stephen Littlechild has been instrumental in developing a new system of regulation which encourages engagement with customers. Dr Pollitt and Dr Littlechild’s involvement provided credibility to Ofgem’s ‘very significant’ RPI‐X@20 review of network prices. Energy network charges make up around 20 per cent of… Continue Reading
Guan, D., Reiner, D.M. and Liu, Z. China’s Road to a Global Scientific Powerhouse Continue Reading
David Newbery and Goran Strbac What is the target battery cost at which Battery Electric Vehicles are socially cost competitive? Continue Reading
Testing the Limits of European Ambitions on Emissions Click here to read the full article Continue Reading
David Newbery Presentation to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee investigating The resilience of electricity infrastructure Continue Reading
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Ping Du, Li-Qun Zheng, Bai-Chen Xie, Arjun Mahalingam Barriers to the adoption of energy-saving technologies in the building sector: A survey study of Jing-jin-tang, China Available at Science Direct Here Continue Reading
Shengbao Ji, Yin-Fang Zhang, Tooraj Jamasb Reform of the Coal Sector in an Open Economy: The Case of China Continue Reading
Marc Ozawa Trust and Norwegian-Russian Energy Relations Continue Reading
David Newbery Environmental Challenges in Europe IAEE 14th International Conference, Rome, 29 Oct 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
For full text of the EPRG Policy Brief: http://www.eprg.group.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/EPRG-Policy-Brief-22-Oct-14.pdf ‘Nothing is being done’ to explicitly encourage emissions cut by China and America’ 22 October 2014 The 2030 framework on climate change and energy policy being debated at a European Union summit this week has a “glaring omission” by failing to link EU policy to… Continue Reading
A. Haarscher, M. Bruner, J. Doblas, A. Fargere, S.F. Ashley, W.J. Nuttall The Japanese Electricity System 15 months After March 11th 2011 Continue Reading
Xiaoping He and David Reiner Electricity Demand and Basic Needs: Empirical Evidence from China’s Households Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt Labour Conference 2014 | Will a price freeze destroy the energy market? Continue Reading
In the fog of its foreign-policy confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, the European Union seems unable to see its energy-security interests clearly or to act accordingly. Kiev has used the international crisis triggered by Russia’s actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine to restructure the contracts with Moscow it signed in 2009. It wants a much… Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild The Regulaytor’s Tale Published in Cornwall Energy Energyspectrum, Issue 443 | 27 Sep 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
Please click here for the official announcement The Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) wishes to appoint a Research Assistant to support the research on the EPSRC Autonomic Power System project. More details of the project can be found at: http://autonomicpowersystem.org.uk/ The successful applicant will work primarily on projects looking into two aspects of the future… Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild Promoting or restricting competition?: Regulation of the UK retail residential energy market since 2008 Continue Reading
Pär Holmberg Pro-competitive rationing in multi-unit auctions Continue Reading
David Newbery GB Energy Market Structure Presented at the DECC Workshop, London 4 Sep 2014| PDF Continue Reading
Tooraj Jamasb and Rabindra Nepal Incentive Regulation and Utility Benchmarking for Electricity Network Security Continue Reading
David Newbery and Michael Grubb The Final Hurdle?: Security of supply, the Capacity Mechanism and the role of interconnectors Continue Reading
Wenche Tobiasson and Tooraj Jamasb Sustainable Electricity Grid Development and the Public: An Economic Approach Continue Reading
Available speaker presentations: Pre-session address by José María Marín-Quemada (Spanish National Authority for Markets and Competition) Session 1A: European Energy and Climate Outlook for 2030 by David Newbery, EPRG Session 1B: Is the EU-ETS Up to the Task? by Michael Mehling, MIT Session 2A: Hydraulic Fracturing: The US Experience and Implications for the Rest of… Continue Reading
David Newbery David Reiner, and Arjun Mahalingham The Cost Effectiveness of Renewable Energy Support Schemes in the European Union Published at the International Association for Energy Economics, Third Quarter, 2014 pg. 21 | Click here for the link Continue Reading
Xi Liang, Hengwei Liu, and David Reiner Strategies for Financing Large-scale Carbon Capture and Storage Power Plants in China Continue Reading
Michael Pollitt gave a presentation “Decarbonising the UK’s energy mix and meeting emission targets” at the Implementing the Electricity Market Reform Delivery Plan, Westminster Forum, London, 10 July 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
Laura-Lucia Richter wins Student Poster Session prize at the IAEE International Conference in New York City 15-18 June 2014. Click here to view poster Continue Reading
Marc Ozawa Trust and European-Russian Energy Cooperation: The Case of Oil and Gas Partnerships and Long-term Contracts Continue Reading
Musiliu O. Oseni and Michael Pollitt Institutional arrangements for the promotion of regional integration of electricity markets: International Experience Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong Ukraine and Security of Gas Supplies to Europe Presented at the 2014 EPRG-CEEPR Annual Conference, Madrid 2 July 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
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Stephen Littlechild There is a problem in the UK’s energy market – but it’s the regulator’s fault City A.M., 1 July 2014 | Article Continue Reading
David Newbery gave a presentation “What future(s) for liberalized electricity markets?” at the Energy Industry at a Crossroads, Toulouse 5th, June 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery gave a presentation “The European Utility Model for a low-carbon future” at the IAEE International Conference, New York 16th, June 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
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EPRG Workshop on Distributed Generation and Smart Connections in partnership with UK Power Networks June 6 2014 The EPRG and UK Power Networks, our project partner in the Flexible Plug and Play (FPP) project, held a successful Workshop on Distributed Generation and Smart Connections at Memorial Court, Clare College, Cambridge, on the 6th of June… Continue Reading
David Newbery presented “Subsidies in the UK Electricity Sector until 2020“ in Cambridge, 7th February 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery Contracting with Government for low carbon technologies: Designing the Visible Hand Long-term contracting in electricity markets, University Paris-Dauphine, 18th December 2013 | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery presented CERRE Regulation Dossier Energy & electricity at a kick-off meeting for EC 2014-18, Brussels, 22 January 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
David Newbery gave a presentation “Progress on Market Reform: EMR, the I-SEM and the TEM” at the Electricity Market Reform, Belfast 28th, March 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
Raphael J. Heffron and William J. Nuttall Scotland, Nuclear Energy Policy and Independence Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild RPI-X, competition as a rivalrous discovery process, and customer engagement Paper prepared for the Conference, The British Utility Regulation Model: Beyond Competition and Incentive Regulation?, LSE 31 March 2014| PDF Continue Reading
Stephen Littlechild The competition assessment framework for the retail energy sector: some concerns about the proposed interpretation Continue Reading
As the national debate on fuel bills and living standards continues, the YouGov-Cambridge Programme launched a special report on ‘Energy, Politics and the Consumer‘ with an evening event at the British Academy on Thursday 3rd April. The evening covered a range of subjects, including: the reputation of energy companies in the UK and how to… Continue Reading
There was a wide variety of responses to “Applying behavioural economics at the Regulatory Conduct Authority”, Occasional Paper 1, published on 1 April 2014. These ranged from support for or concern about the RCA’s proposed policy, through the enigmatic “thank you, very interesting”, to “fantastic, brilliant”. But I suspect that a large number of readers… Continue Reading
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Download PDF Here A rapidly growing literature on behavioural economics shows that some errors made by regulators are persistent and predictable. Behavioural economics uses insights from psychology to explain why regulators behave the way they do. Behavioural biases can cause regulators to misjudge important facts or to be inconsistent. Regulators left to themselves will often… Continue Reading
Chi Kong Chyong presented “LNG Pricing Worldwide and Gas Markets” to the Russia LNG Congress, 13-14 March, 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
Tooraj Jamasb and Rabindra Nepal Issues and Options in the Economic Regulation of European Network Security Continue Reading
Jon Stern UK Renewables Demonstration Projects: Who Pulls the Plug? Letters & Notes On Regulation–Number 3.1 | Published February, 2014 | PDF | Continue Reading
Karim L. Anaya and Michael G. Pollitt Does Weather Have an Impact on Electricity Distribution Efficiency? Evidence from South America Continue Reading
Marc Ozawa Trust and European-Russian Energy Relations – The Case of Oil and Gas Partnerships and Long Term Contracts February, 2014 | PDF Continue Reading
PLANETARY ECONOMICS Energy, Climate Change and the Three Domains of Sustainable Development By Michael Grubb Launch meeting on 10th March 2014, 6-7.30pm, Beves Room, Kings College, Cambridge Chair: Lord Martin Rees, former President, Royal Society and Master, Trinity College Cambridge Presentation: Michael Grubb Respondents: Sir David King (UK Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative on Climate Change and… Continue Reading
DG COMP reviews the State Aid application by Hinkley Point C here and Associate Research Richard Green provides the analytic underpinning here Continue Reading
Jorge E. Galán and Michael G. Pollitt Inefficiency persistence and heterogeneity in Colombian electricity distribution utilities Continue Reading
Rahmatallah Poudineh, Grigorios Emvalomatis, and Tooraj Jamasb Dynamic Efficiency and Incentive Regulation: An Application to Electricity Distribution Networks Continue Reading
Pär Holmberg and Andy Philpott Supply function equilibria in transportation networks Continue Reading
DG ENER and EPRG collaborated on a join workshop that took place 9-10 January in Cambridge, United Kingdom. There was a dinner held at Clare College the evening of the 9th, including a key-note speech by Klaus-Dieter Borchardt (DG ENER, Director Unit B) and a full-day seminar at Memorial Court, Clare College on the 10th. … Continue Reading
Claire M. Weiller, Michael G. Pollitt Platform markets and energy services Continue Reading
Nadia Chernenko Market power issues in the reformed Russian electricity supply industry Continue Reading
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Laura-Lucia Richter Social Effects in the Diffusion of Solar Photovoltaic Technology in the UK Continue Reading
Rahmatallah Poudineh and Tooraj Jamasb Distributed Generation, Storage, Demand Response, and Energy Efficiency as Alternatives to Grid Capacity Enhancement Continue Reading
Jean-Michel Glachant and Arthur Henriot Melting-pots and salad bowls: the current debate on electricity market design for RES integration Continue Reading
Marta Rocha, Michelle Baddeley and Michael G. Pollitt Addressing self-disconnection among prepayment energy consumers: A behavioural approach Continue Reading
Musiliu O Oseni, Michael G Pollitt, David M Reiner, Laura-Lucia Richter, Chi Kong Chyong and Michelle Baddeley 2013 EPRG Public Opinion Survey: Smart Energy – Attitudes and Behaviours Continue Reading
Musiliu O. Oseni, Michael G. Pollitt The Economic Costs of Unsupplied Electricity: Evidence from Backup Generation among African Firms Continue Reading
Thomas Greve and Michael G. Pollitt Determining the optimal length of regulatory guarantee: A Length-of-Contract Auction Continue Reading
Thomas Greve and Michael G. Pollitt Network Procurement Auctions Continue Reading
Robert W. Hahn and Robert A. Ritz Does the Social Cost of Carbon Matter?: An Assessment of U.S. Policy Continue Reading
Rabindra Nepal and Tooraj Jamasb Energy Efficiency in Market versus Planned Economies: Evidence from Transition Countries Continue Reading
M.C. Grimston and W.J. Nuttall The Siting of UK Nuclear Power Installations Continue Reading
Karim L. Anaya and Michael G. Pollitt Finding the Optimal Approach for Allocating and Realising Distribution System Capacity: Deciding between Interruptible Connections and Firm DG Connections Continue Reading
Press Release “The Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG), a joint research centre based in Cambridge Judge Business School and the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge recently received £190,000 as a donation from the Enel Foundation to support a two-year research project on “Zero Subsidy Scenarios and International Natural Gas Markets”. The project… Continue Reading
Nadia Chernenko The Russian electricity supply industry: from reform to reform? Continue Reading
David M Newbery and Thomas Greve The strategic robustness of mark-up equilibria Note: This Working Paper has been superseded by EPRG WP #1522. Continue Reading