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• #### The Economics of Energy (and Electricity) Demand ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, 2011-04)
Economic drivers, technologies and demand side management are keys in understanding the long-term trends of both energy and more specifically electricity consumption. This paper discusses some of the important economics ...
• #### Economies of Scale and Scope in Network Industries: Lessons for the UK water and sewerage sectors ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, 2011-07)
Many studies of the water and sewerage industries place significant importance on the benefits of economies of scale and scope and how these relate to vertically integrated firms. We have re-examined the early literature ...
• #### Efficiency Analysis of Energy Networks : An International Survey of Regulators ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 2009-06)
• #### Efficiency and environmental factors in the US electricity transmission industry ﻿

(Elsevier, 2016-02-27)
The electricity industry in most developed countries has been restructured over recent decades with the aim of improving both service quality and firm performance. Regulated segments (e.g. transmission) still provide the ...
• #### Efficiency and Environmental Factors in the US Electricity Transmission Industry ﻿

(EPRG, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, 2013-05-31)
The electricity industry in most developed countries has been restructured over recent decades with the aim of improving both service quality and firms’ performance. Regulated segments (e.g. transmission) still provide ...
• #### Electricity Liberalisation in the European Union: A Progress Report ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 2009-12)
• #### Electricity Network Investment and Regulation for a Low Carbon Future ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 2007-10)
The requirement for significantly higher electricity network investment in the UK seems certain as the capacity of distributed generation and large scale renewables increases on the system. In this paper, which forms a ...
• #### Electricity Reform in Argentina: Lessons for Developing Countries ﻿

(2006-03-14)
Argentina was one of the first countries in the world to implement a comprehensivereform of its electricity sector in the recent period. Among developing countries onlyChile has had a comparably comprehensive and successful ...
• #### Electricity Reform in Chile: Lessons for Developing Countries ﻿

(2006-03-14)
Chile was the first country in the world to implement a comprehensive reform of itselectricity sector in the recent period. Among developing countries only Argentina hashad a comparably comprehensive and successful reform. ...
• #### Electricity Sector Liberalisation and Innovation: An Analysis of the UK Patenting Activities ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 2009-01)
• #### Electricity Sector Reform in Developing Countries: A Survey of Empirical Evidence on Determinants and Performance ﻿

(Department of Applied Economics, University of Cambridge, 2004-07-09)
This paper reviews the empirical evidence on electricity reform in developing countries. We find that country institutions and sector governance play an important role in success and failure of reform; reforms appear to ...
• #### Energy-efficiency and environmental policies & income supplements in the UK: Their evolution and distributional impact in relation to domestic energy bills ﻿

(EPRG, Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, 2012-12-14)
The paper examines the financial costs of energy-efficiency and environmental policies that directly affect domestic electricity and gas bills in the UK over time. It also attempts for the first time to work out the current ...
• #### Essays on electricity market reforms: a cross-country applied approach ﻿

(2013-06-11)
In the last two decades, more than half of the countries in the world have introduced a reform process in their power industries and billions of dollars have been spent on liberalizing electricity markets around the world. ...
• #### Estimating Marginal Cost of Quality Improvements: The Case of the UK Electricity Distribution Companies ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, 2010-09)
The main aim of this paper is to develop an econometric approach to estimation of marginal costs of improving quality of service. We implement this methodology by way of applying it to the case of the UK electricity ...
• #### Evaluating the Evidence on Electricity Reform: Lessons for the South East Europe (SEE) Market ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 2007-11)
This paper discusses the evidence on electricity reform and relates it to the current situation of the South East Europe (SEE) electricity market. We begin by discussing the main elements of the European Union (EU) electricity ...
• #### Exploring the Determinants of 'Best Practice' in Network Regulation: The Case of the Electricity Sector ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 2010-04)
• #### A Firm Level Analysis of Outage Loss Differentials and Self-Generation: Evidence from African Business Enterprises ﻿

(Elsevier, 2015-11-14)
This study examines the outage loss differential between firms that engage in backup generation and those that do not. Unmitigated outage losses were estimated to be US$2.01–US$23.92 per kWh for firms engaging in ...
• #### The Future of Electricity (and Gas) Regulation ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 2008-05)
• #### Human Resource Constraints for Electricity Regulation in Developing Countries: Has Anything Changed? ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 2009-04)
• #### Incentive Regulation of Electricity Distribution Networks: Lessons of Experience from Britain ﻿

(Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK, 2007-02)
This paper reviews the recent experience of the UK electricity distribution sector under incentive regulation. The UK has a significant and transparent history in implementing incentive regulation in the period since 1990. ...