Utilities Policy

1990 - 2025

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Volume 45, issue C, 2017

Welfare gains from utility reforms in Egyptian telecommunications pp. 1-26

Amirah El-Haddad

The challenging economics of US residential grid defection pp. 27-35

Eric Hittinger and Jawad Siddiqui

A risk-based model for performance-based regulation of electric distribution companies pp. 36-44

Mostafa Ghasemi and Reza Dashti

Gas and electricity demand in Spanish manufacturing industries: An analysis using homogeneous and heterogeneous estimators pp. 45-60

Cristina Peñasco, Pablo del Río and Desiderio Romero-Jordán

Analyzing the characteristics of plants choosing to opt-out of the Large Combustion Plant Directive pp. 61-68

Andrew Meyer and Grzegorz Pac

Data utilization at finnish water and wastewater utilities: Current practices vs. state of the art pp. 69-75

Jukka Sirkiä, Tuija Laakso, Suvi Ahopelto, Ossi Ylijoki, Jari Porras and Riku Vahala

Price relationships between crude oil and transport fuels in the European Union before and after the 2008 financial crisis pp. 76-83

Victor Moutinho, João Cerdeira Bento and Vladimir Hajko

Key concepts for Integrated Urban Water Management infrastructure planning: Lessons from Melbourne pp. 84-96

Casey Furlong, Ryan Brotchie, Robert Considine, Greg Finlayson and Lachlan Guthrie

Water utility efficiency assessment in Italy by accounting for service quality: An empirical investigation pp. 97-108

Giulia Romano, María Molinos-Senante and Andrea Guerrini

Access to infrastructure services: Global trends and drivers pp. 109-117

Jan Steckel, Narasimha D. Rao and Michael Jakob

Integrated Energy Services for the industrial sector: an innovative model for sustainable electricity supply pp. 118-127

Michele Gaspari, Arturo Lorenzoni, Pablo Frías and Javier Reneses

Volume 44, issue C, 2017

Forecasting peak-day consumption for year-ahead management of natural gas networks pp. 1-11

Ronan Oliver, Aidan Duffy, Bernard Enright and Rodger O'Connor

Reducing risks to electric power infrastructure due to extreme weather events by means of spatial planning: Case studies from Slovenia pp. 12-24

Maruša Matko, Mojca Golobič and Branko Kontić

A methodology to assess demand response benefits from a system perspective: A Dutch case study pp. 25-37

E.A.M. Klaassen, R.J.F. van Gerwen, J. Frunt and J.G. Slootweg

Exploring options for a 100% renewable energy system in Mauritius by 2050 pp. 38-49

A. Khoodaruth, V. Oree, M.K. Elahee and Woodrow W. Clark

Delivering basic infrastructure services to the urban poor: a meta-analysis of the effectiveness of bottom-up approaches pp. 50-62

Sriharini Narayanan, A. Thillai Rajan, Paul Jebaraj and M.S. Elayaraja

Governance of data and information management in smart distribution grids: Increase efficiency by balancing coordination and competition pp. 63-72

Marius Buchmann

Discovering residential electricity consumption patterns through smart-meter data mining: A case study from China pp. 73-84

Kaile Zhou, Changhui Yang and Jianxin Shen

Volume 43, issue PB, 2016

Critical analysis of the Portuguese Water Industry Restructuring Plan pp. 131-139

Rita Martins and Adelino Fortunato

Detailed water-use feedback: A review and proposed framework for program implementation pp. 140-150

Ariane Liu, Damien Giurco, Pierre Mukheibir and Stuart White

A choice experiment on the willingness of households to accept power outages pp. 151-164

Graziano Abrate, Clementina Bruno, Fabrizio Erbetta, Giovanni Fraquelli and Azahara Lorite-Espejo

Do network industries plan to eliminate inefficiencies in response to regulatory pressure? The case of railways in Great Britain pp. 165-173

Andrew Gillies-Smith and Phill Wheat

Empowering irrigation: A game-theoretic approach to electricity utilization in Indian agriculture pp. 174-185

Christian Kimmich and Julian Sagebiel

The electricity balancing market: Exploring the design challenge pp. 186-194

Reinier A.C. van der Veen and Rudi A. Hakvoort

Regional diversity in the costs of electricity outages: Results for German counties pp. 195-205

Andre Wolf and Lars Wenzel

Public participation for infrastructure planning in the context of the German “Energiewende” pp. 206-209

Pia-Johanna Schweizer, Ortwin Renn, Wolfgang Köck, Jana Bovet, Christina Benighaus, Oliver Scheel and Regina Schröter

Volume 43, issue PA, 2016

Seven elements affecting governance and performance in the water sector pp. 4-13

Sanford Berg

The 12 OECD principles on water governance – When science meets policy pp. 14-20

Aziza Akhmouch and Francisco Nunes Correia

Public participation in the global regulatory governance of water services: Global administrative law perspective on the Inspection Panel of the World Bank and amicus curiae in investment arbitration pp. 21-31

Miharu Hirano

Water governance in an urban age pp. 32-41

Susana Neto

Governing water service provision: Lessons from Australia pp. 42-47

Bethany Cooper and Lin Crase

Governance of Integrated Urban Water Management in Melbourne, Australia pp. 48-58

Casey Furlong, Kein Gan and Saman De Silva

Missing bridges: Social network (dis)connectivity in water governance pp. 59-70

Darwin Horning, Bernard O. Bauer and Stewart J. Cohen

Improving the management of water multi-functionality through stakeholder involvement in decision-making processes pp. 71-81

Sandra Ricart Casadevall

Governance and efficiency in the Brazilian water utilities: A dynamic analysis in the process of universal access pp. 82-96

Alexandro Barbosa, Severino Cesário de Lima and Isabel Brusca

Technical efficiency in Chile's water and sanitation providers pp. 97-106

Gustavo Ferro and Augusto Mercadier

Water scarcity and affordability in urban water pricing: A case study of Chile pp. 107-116

María Molinos-Senante and Guillermo Donoso

Water affordability issues in developed countries – The relevance of micro approaches pp. 117-123

Rita Martins, Carlota Quintal, Luís Cruz and Eduardo Barata

Inclusive governance: New concept of water supply and sanitation services in social vulnerability areas pp. 124-129

E.F. Guimarães, T.F. Malheiros and Rc Marques

Volume 42, issue C, 2016

Closing the Knowledge-Application Gap in Organisations through Incentives: Experience from the National Water and Sewerage Corporation in Uganda pp. 1-9

Silas Mvulirwenande, Guy Alaerts and Uta Wehn

An integrated ecosystem model for understanding infrastructure PPPs pp. 10-19

Pekka Leviäkangas, Lauri Ojala and Juuso Töyli

Identifying the performance drivers of wastewater treatment plants through conditional order-m efficiency analysis pp. 20-31

Andrea Guerrini, Giulia Romano, Fabrizio Mancuso and Laura Carosi

The political economy of renewable energy policies in Germany and the EU pp. 33-41

Sebastian Strunz, Erik Gawel and Paul Lehmann

Are there first mover advantages for producers of energy-efficient appliances? The case of refrigerators pp. 42-50

Thomas Cleff and Klaus Rennings

An action theory-based electricity saving web portal for households with an interface to smart meters pp. 51-63

Birgit Mack and Karolin Tampe-Mai

The potential of public participation to facilitate infrastructure decision-making: Lessons from the German and European legal planning system for electricity grid expansion pp. 64-73

Pia-Johanna Schweizer and Jana Bovet

How to approach consumers’ nonmonetary evaluation of electricity supply security? The case of Germany from a multidisciplinary perspective pp. 74-84

Sophia Becker, Dominik Schober and Sandra Wassermann

Volume 41, issue C, 2016

Efficiency determinants of container terminals in Latin American and the Caribbean pp. 1-14

Ivone Pérez, Lourdes Trujillo and María Manuela González

What does “better” mean? Perceptions of electricity and water services in Santo Domingo pp. 15-21

Raul Jimenez Mori, Tomas Serebrisky and Jorge Mercado

Price-cap regulation in the English and Welsh water industry: A proposal for measuring productivity performance pp. 22-30

Alexandros Maziotis, David Saal, Emmanuel Thanassoulis and María Molinos-Senante

Efficiency and productive slacks in urban transportation modes: A two-stage SDEA-Beta Regression approach pp. 31-39

Peter Wanke, Carlos Barros and Otávio Figueiredo

Competition and the single electricity market: Which lessons for Ireland? pp. 40-47

Valeria Di Cosmo and Muireann Lynch

The privatization and de-privatization of rail industry assets in Australia and New Zealand pp. 48-56

Malcolm Abbott and Bruce Cohen

Establishing target-oriented energy consumption quotas for buildings pp. 57-66

Le Yang, Jianjun Xia and Qi Shen

Analyzing water customer service expectations: A case study of the City of Guelph pp. 67-76

Rebecca M. Dziedzic and Bryan W. Karney

Are shocks to electricity consumption transitory or permanent? Sub-national evidence from Turkey pp. 77-84

Eyup Dogan

Impact of economic, financial, and institutional factors on CO2 emissions: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa economies pp. 85-94

Mehdi Abid

A hybrid approach to building a multi-dimensional business intelligence system for electricity grid operators pp. 95-106

Jelena Lukić, Miloš Radenković, Marijana Despotović-Zrakić, Aleksandra Labus and Zorica Bogdanović

Evaluating human resource management capacity for effective implementation of advanced metering infrastructure by electricity distribution companies in Pakistan pp. 107-117

Khuram Shahzad, Sami Ullah Bajwa, Ronda B. Ansted, Dawood Mamoon and Khaliq-ur-Rehman,

Determining the guaranteed energy purchase price for Distributed Generation in electricity distribution networks pp. 118-127

S.M. Miri Larimi, M.R. Haghifam and A. Ghadiri

Quantifying the potential impacts of China's power-sector policies on coal input and CO2 emissions through 2050: A bottom-up perspective pp. 128-138

Nina Zheng Khanna, Nan Zhou, David Fridley and Jing Ke

Heating practices and self-disconnection among electricity prepayment meter consumers in New Zealand: A follow-up survey pp. 139-147

Kimberley C. O'Sullivan, James Stanley, Geoffrey Fougere and Philippa Howden-Chapman

Business model in the context of Sustainable Urban Water Management - A comparative assessment between two urban regions in Australia and Germany pp. 148-159

Nicole A. Müller, David R. Marlow and Magnus Moglia

Effects of the German Renewable Energy Act on structural change in agriculture – The case of biogas pp. 172-182

Franziska Appel, Arlette Ostermeyer and Alfons Balmann

Determinants of courses of action in bioenergy villages responding to changes in renewable heat utilization policy pp. 183-192

Philipp Grundmann and Melf-Hinrich Ehlers

Exploring heterogeneous growth of wind energy across Germany pp. 193-205

Frank Goetzke and Tilmann Rave

Just a talking shop? – Informal participatory spatial planning for implementing state wind energy targets in Germany pp. 206-213

Markus Leibenath, Peter Wirth and Gerd Lintz

Against the wind: Local opposition to the German Energiewende pp. 214-227

Fritz Reusswig, Florian Braun, Ines Heger, Thomas Ludewig, Eva Eichenauer and Wiebke Lass

Social movements and urban energy policy: Assessing contexts, agency and outcomes of remunicipalisation processes in Hamburg and Berlin pp. 228-236

Sören Becker, Thomas Blanchet and Conrad Kunze

Is it all about collaborative governance? Alternative ways of understanding the success of energy regions pp. 237-245

Ludger Gailing and Andreas Röhring

The impact of Germany's Energiewende on the transport sector – Unsolved problems and conflicts pp. 246-251

Weert Canzler and Dirk Wittowsky

A coordinated strategic reserve to safeguard the European energy transition pp. 252-263

Karsten Neuhoff, Jochen Diekmann, Friedrich Kunz, Sophia Rüster, Wolf-Peter Schill and Sebastian Schwenen