Utilities Policy

1990 - 2025

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Volume 54, issue C, 2018

Forward contracts in electricity markets and capacity investment: A simulation study pp. 1-10

Karla C. Álvarez-Uribe, Santiago Arango-Aramburo and Erik R. Larsen

The underlying factors in the uptake of electricity demand response: The case of Poland pp. 11-21

Katarzyna Ewa Rollert

Designing natural gas network charges: A proposed methodology and critical review of the Spanish case pp. 22-36

Celia Mosácula, José Pablo Chaves-Ávila and Javier Reneses

From internet “Openness” to “Freedom”: How far has the net neutrality pendulum swung? pp. 37-45

Kendall J. Koning and Aleksandr Yankelevich

Comparison of energy systems in Small Island Developing States pp. 46-54

Dinesh Surroop, Pravesh Raghoo and Zumar M.A. Bundhoo

Resilient solar energy island supply to support SDG7 on the Philippines: Techno-economic optimized electrification strategy for small islands pp. 55-77

Paul Bertheau and Philipp Blechinger

Collaboration in disasters: A cultural challenge for the utilities sector pp. 78-85

Steven Curnin

Sustainable transition in small island developing states: Assessing the current situation pp. 86-91

Jean Philippe Praene, Mahéva Payet and Fiona Bénard-Sora

Comparison of operational energy requirements in publicly and privately owned U.S. water utilities pp. 92-95

Robert B. Sowby

The impact of renewable energy on household electricity prices in liberalized electricity markets: A cross-national panel data analysis pp. 96-106

Akiko Iimura and Jeffrey S. Cross

Urban development policies for the provision of utility infrastructure: a case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh pp. 107-114

Kasphia Nahrin

Consumer preferences and electricity pricing reform in Western Australia pp. 115-124

Dev Tayal and Uwana Evers

Does non-revenue water affect Malaysia's water services industry productivity? pp. 125-131

Kok Fong See and Zhanxin Ma

Low-carbon measures for Fiji's land transport energy system pp. 132-147

Ravita D. Prasad and Atul Raturi

Volume 53, issue C, 2018

Wire-free electricity: Insights from a techno-futuristic exploration pp. 3-14

Mahesh Manohar, H.H. Lathabai, Susan George and Thara Prabhakaran

Water safety plans by utilities: A review of research on implementation pp. 15-24

Alexandra Roeger and António F. Tavares

The role of water utilities in urban greening: A case study of Melbourne, Australia pp. 25-31

Casey Furlong, Kath Phelan and Jago Dodson

The technology and cost structure of a natural gas pipeline: Insights for costs and rate-of-return regulation pp. 32-37

Florian Perrotton and Olivier Massol

A multi-criteria decision analysis method for regulatory evaluation of electricity distribution service quality pp. 38-48

Ailson de Souza Barbosa, Rafael Amaral Shayani and Marco Aurélio Gonçalves de Oliveira

Economic feasibility of a Dispatchable Standby Generator scheme for the island of Mauritius pp. 49-59

Heman Shamachurn and Rahul Dev Bholah

Do restrictive regulatory policies matter for telecom performance? Evidence from MENA countries pp. 60-72

Riham Ahmed Ezzat and Nora Aboushady

Understanding the future of Seawater Air Conditioning in the Caribbean: A simulation approach pp. 73-83

Jessica Arias-Gaviria, Erik R. Larsen and Santiago Arango-Aramburo

A review of electricity markets and reforms in Russia pp. 84-93

Ksenia Letova, Rui Yao, Mikhail Davidson and Ekaterina Afanasyeva

Dimensions of energy security in Small Island Developing States pp. 94-101

Pravesh Raghoo, Dinesh Surroop, Franziska Wolf, Walter Leal Filho, Pratima Jeetah and Bernd Delakowitz

Managerial transfers to reduce transaction costs among affiliated firms: Case study of Japanese railway holding companies pp. 102-110

Eri Nakamura, Hiroki Sakai and Kenichi Shoji

Power outages, economic cost, and firm performance: Evidence from Ethiopia pp. 111-120

Lamessa Abdisa

Mitigating risks in wastewater treatment plant PPPs using minimum revenue guarantee and real options pp. 121-133

Mohamed Marzouk and Mohamed Ali

Volume 52, issue C, 2018

Impacts of transmission tariff on price arbitrage operation of energy storage system in Alberta electricity market pp. 1-12

Abiola I. Adebayo, Payam Zamani-Dehkordi, Hamidreza Zareipour and Andrew M. Knight

Scaling up small scale wastewater treatment systems in low- and middle-income countries: An analysis of challenges and ways forward through the case of Egypt pp. 13-21

Philippe Reymond, Rifaat Abdel Wahaab, Moustafa Samir Moussa and Christoph Lüthi

Economic and financial aspects of the sanitation challenge: A practitioner approach pp. 22-26

Edouard Perard

Is privatization of sanitation services good for health? pp. 27-36

Carlos Saiani and Paulo Azevedo

Kenya's lessons from two decades of experience with independent power producers pp. 37-49

Anton Eberhard, Katharine Gratwick and Laban Kariuki

How transparency and accountability matter in regulating the Taiwan Water Supply Corporation pp. 50-58

Changyen Lee, Chun-Fa Cheng, Min-Ta Chuang, Wei-Chieh Hsu, Yen-Hung Chen and Kuo-Tai Cheng

Competition, regulation and price controls in the GB retail energy market pp. 59-69

Stephen Littlechild

Regional disparity in access to basic public services in Saudi Arabia: A sustainability challenge pp. 70-80

Karim Gazzeh and Ismaila Rimi Abubakar

Pricing wastewater to save water: Are theory and practice transferable? pp. 81-87

Janice Beecher and Tom Gould

Sharia-Compliant financing for public utility infrastructure pp. 88-94

Paolo Pietro Biancone and Maha Radwan

Italian regulatory reform and water utility performance: An impact analysis pp. 95-102

Andrea Guerrini, María Molinos-Senante and Giulia Romano

Economies of scale and density in the Italian water industry: A stochastic frontier approach pp. 103-111

Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano and Chiara Leardini

Volume 51, issue C, 2018

An object-oriented energy benchmark for the evaluation of the office building stock pp. 1-11

Xinyi Li, Runming Yao, Qin Li, Yong Ding and Baizhan Li

The long-run price elasticity of residential demand for electricity: Results from a natural experiment pp. 12-17

James Feehan

Low-carbon investments from the perspective of electric utilities: The burden of the past pp. 18-32

Bianka Shoai-Tehrani, Keigo Akimoto and Fuminori Sano

Positive Train Control (PTC) for railway safety in the United States: Policy developments and critical issues pp. 33-40

Zhipeng Zhang, Xiang Liu and Keith Holt

Learning from experience in the water sector to improve access to energy services pp. 41-50

Franziska Curran, Simon Smart, Justine Lacey, Chris Greig and Paul Lant

Utility and regulatory decision-making under conditions of uncertainty: Balancing resilience and affordability pp. 51-60

Christopher Decker

Policy incentives for flexible district heating in the Baltic countries pp. 61-72

Daniel Møller Sneum, Eli Sandberg, Hardi Koduvere, Ole Jess Olsen and Dagnija Blumberga

How to watch the watchmen? The role and measurement of regulatory governance pp. 73-81

Rc Marques and Francisco Silva Pinto

The public health benefits of urban sanitation in low and middle income countries pp. 82-88

Sandy Cairncross

An assessment of self-help water supply in Akure, Nigeria pp. 89-94

Alexander Adeyemi Fakere, Clement Oluwole Folorunso, Felix Kayode Omole, Hezekiah Adedayo Ayoola and Olatunde Arayela

Volume 50, issue C, 2018

Fuel-price reform to achieve climate and energy policy goals in Saudi Arabia: A multiple-scenario analysis pp. 1-12

Markus Groissböck and Matthias J. Pickl

Regulatory and ownership determinants of unbundling regime choice for European electricity transmission utilities pp. 13-25

Alexis Meletiou, Carlo Cambini and Marcelo Masera

A smarter electricity grid for the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia: Perceptions and policy implications pp. 26-39

Dilek Düştegör, Nahid Sultana, Noor Felemban and Deemah Al Qahtani

Coordination between transmission and distribution system operators in the electricity sector: A conceptual framework pp. 40-48

Helena Gerard, Enrique Israel Rivero Puente and Daan Six

Organisational design for improved performance of urban water utilities in developing countries pp. 49-59

S.M. Kayaga, W. Kingdom and A. Jalakam

Two smart energy management models for the Spanish electricity system pp. 60-72

José M. Cansino, Rocío Román and María J. Colinet

Legal reform and the devolution of the Spanish Port System: An econometric assessment pp. 73-82

José I. Castillo-Manzano, Mercedes Castro-Nuño, Fernando González-Laxe and Diego J. Pedregal

The relationship between modern Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) and development in Africa pp. 83-90

Ambe J. Njoh

Estimating the effects of restructuring on the technical and service-quality efficiency of electricity companies in China pp. 91-100

Na-Qian Deng, Li-Qiu Liu and Ying-Zhi Deng

Quantifying the capacity value of natural gas efficiency in New England pp. 101-110

Nathaniel Gilbraith, Paulina Jaramillo and Inês Lima Azevedo

Self-supply and regulated tariffs: Dynamic equilibria between photovoltaic market evolution and rate structures to ensure network sustainability pp. 111-123

Ricardo Prata and Pedro M.S. Carvalho

Measuring the risk-adjusted performance of CO2 emission markets: Evidence from SENDECO2 pp. 124-132

José Manuel Feria-Domínguez, David Rodriguez-Carrillero and José Carlos Guerra-Martinez

Identifying barriers to implementation of local transport policy: An analysis of bus policy in Great Britain pp. 133-143

Clare McTigue, Jason Monios and Tom Rye

Customer bill impacts of energy efficiency and net-metered photovoltaic system investments pp. 144-152

Andrew Satchwell, Peter Cappers and Charles Goldman

Do economic regulatory agencies matter to private-sector involvement in water utilities in developing countries? pp. 153-163

Salvador Bertoméu-Sánchez, Daniel Camos and Antonio Estache

Corporate performance of the Seven Brothers of the European energy market: Then there were five pp. 164-174

Stephen Thomas

Ownership structure and the technical, cost, and revenue efficiency of Italian airports pp. 175-193

Corrado lo Storto

Forward risk premia in long-term transmission rights: The case of electricity price area differentials (EPAD) in the Nordic electricity market pp. 194-206

Petr Spodniak and Mikael Collan

Distributed electricity generation from sugarcane for agricultural irrigation: A case study from the midwest region of Brazil pp. 207-210

Marli da Silva Garcia, Olivier François Vilpoux and Marney Pascoli Cereda