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Promoting competition and regulatory reforms in franchising electricity distribution

Canlas, Dante B.; Jandoc, Karl Robert L. - 2025

This study investigates how credit to firms responds to an energy price shock by comparing the credit growth of similar firms with different energy intensities before and after the shock triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Credit growth of energy-intensive firms declined by 8.75...

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The expansion of incentive (performance-based) regulation of electricity distribution and transmission in the United States

Joskow, Paul L. - 2024

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The expansion of incentive (performance based) regulation of electricity distribution and transmission in the United States

Joskow, Paul L. - 2024

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Monopoly regulation through cost-based revenue caps employing a base year approach

Gräper, Gerrit; Mankat, Fabian - 2024

This paper studies the pricing incentives of a monopolist constrained by a revenue cap endogenously determined by her costs in a so-called base year. Such regulation is employed, among others, to govern electricity distribution operators in Germany. We show that the revenue cap may incentivize...

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Customers' value-for-money for a regulated service across different owners

Biggar, Darryl; Söderberg, Magnus - 2024

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Scale efficiency gains in utilities? : the case of electricity distribution in New Zealand

Stannard, Tom; Barry, Philip - 2024

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Can a network congestion-optimised grid connection queue reduce balancing costs?

McCallion, Alex - 2026

The UK has committed to ambitious targets for clean power. A key constraint in achieving these targets is how quickly renewable energy generators can connect to the transmission network. To address this, new policies (including CNDM, SSEP, and the CP30 Action Plan) are being introduced to reform...

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Renewable investment and electricity rationing : evidence from South Africa

Liebensteiner, Mario; Paha, Johannes - 2026

Chronic electricity shortages constrain growth and welfare in many developing countries, where load shedding rations demand. Intermittent renewables can ease shortages, but their effects depend on how infeed timing aligns with scarcity. Using high-frequency data from South Africa and an...

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Coal, weather shocks, and electricity reliability : evidence from South Africa

Imelda; Srinivasan, Suchita - 2026

Can weather shocks undermine energy security in coal-dependent economies? Using matched high-resolution rainfall data at South Africa's coal power plants and their contracted supplier mines-where coal accounts for about 80% of electricity generation-we estimate how upstream rainfall shocks...

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Risk structure and financial hedging in nodal electricity markets

Yang, Daniel - 2026

Since the deregulation of electricity markets in the 1990s, U.S. power grids have witnessed the creation of an increasingly diverse suite of financial instruments designed to mitigate risks caused by underlying generation and consumption patterns. However, the nature of risks is shifting rapidly...

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Scenarios for universal electricity access with spatial changes in urbanisation : the case of Kenya

Omondi, Cynthia; Njoka, Francis; Tonini, Francesco; … - 2026

Kenya has one of the fastest electrification rates in Sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the increase in electrification rates, rural and underserved regions remain a critical challenge requiring a cost-effective strategy that maximises the use of stand-alone and off-grid solutions. This paper uses the...

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Toward efficient resource adequacy : the role of shared reserves in China's power grid

Liu, Junhong; Kahrl, Fredrich; Peng, Liqun; Lin, Jiang; … - 2026

China's pursuit of carbon neutrality will entail a transformation of its power generation portfolio through extensive investment in renewable energy, underscoring the need for expanding planning and operating reserves to maintain power system reliability. However, efficient reserve management is...

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Rethinking value of lost load in high-reliability electricity systems : methodological challenges and policy implications

Her, Yunji; Jin, Taeyoung - 2026

The Value of Lost Load (VoLL) is a key metric in electricity system planning and market design, informing reliability assessments, scarcity pricing, and capacity remuneration mechanisms. This study conducts a comprehensive review of VoLL estimation methods and identifies the most appropriate...

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AI data centers and electricity demand : taming the energy guzzlers

Thorbecke, Willem - 2026

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Designing hedging instruments for locational price risks : lessons from North American Financial Transmission Rights

Stolle, Leon; Boeschemeier, Jonas; Hobbs, Benjamin Field; … - 2026

Locational marginal pricing (LMP) provides efficient locational dispatch and investment signals but requires a complementary congestion hedging instrument to function effectively. This paper investigates how exposure to locational price differences is managed in North American nodal electricity...

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The enclave penalty : tribes, caste, and electricity reliability in India

Azam, Mehtabul - 2026

India has achieved near-universal electrification, yet large inequalities persist in the reliability of the electricity supply. Combining high-resolution satellite-based measures of electricity reliability - defined as the share of nights with detectable illumination - with village-level census...

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Local market prices can reduce electricity costs

Neuhoff, Karsten; Stolle, Leon - 2026

With the liberalization of the electricity markets in 1998, Germany opted for a single, nationwide wholesale price. Regional differences in supply and demand are not taken into account. In the event of grid congestion, electricity generators are paid to adjust their output. This leads to rising...

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Zero energy day: how nationwide blackouts affect the economy

Gonzales, Luis E.; Ito, Koichiro; Reguant, Mar - 2026

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Evaluation of the economic impact of electricity blackout scenarios for the automotive sector and the Slovak economy

Turcsek, Patrik; Lábaj, Martin - 2026

We estimate the economic consequences of electricity blackout scenarios on the automotive industry and the Slovak economy. Our estimates of inoperability of the automotive sector range from 2.9 % to 4.2 % across regions on the first day of the blackout, while the overall inoperability of the...

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Building Resilience into the Grid : Resilience Metrics and Standards for Transmission Systems

Lee, Selena Jihyun; Karmakar, Ipshita - 2026

Power transmission systems are emerging as one of the most vulnerable parts of the power sector as climate change intensifies the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme weather events and multiplies system-wide risks. Following the first in a three-part series on the global stocktaking of...

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A descriptive analytics framework for operational and environmental drivers in electricity supply chain networks

Kamali, Sara - 2026

Electricity systems function as multi-stage supply chains comprising generation, transmission, distribution, and retail. Within this network, Transmission System Operators (TSOs) play a critical role in transporting high-voltage electricity from generators to distribution networks. This paper...

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From least-cost plans to implementable electrification : a regulatory-financial framework to achieve universal access

Díaz-Pastor, Santos J.; Abajo, Carlos de; Stoner, Robert; … - 2026

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Trading off capacity factors, location, storage, access charges and curtailment for renewable electricity

Newbery, David M. G. - 2026

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Regulatory approaches to the challenges posed by the energy and digital transitions : global lessons from 20 leading electricity distribution system operators (DSOs)

Pollitt, Michael G.; Duma, Daniel; Covatariu, Andrei; … - 2026

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Demand-Side Regulatory Drivers to Optimize the Efficiency of the Electricity Grid and Promote Environmentally Sustainable Business Practices

Ereshchenko, Viktoriya; Popic, Elena - 2026

This Brief is the second in a two-part series that provides an overview of the electricity sector's demand-side and supply-side environmental regulations. Specifically, this Brief focuses on measures implemented on the demand side that can help restructure energy demand and manage increased load...

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A blockchain architecture for hourly electricity rights and yield derivatives

Evdokimov, Volodymyr; Kudin, Anton; Chikhladze, Vakhtanh; … - 2026

The article presents a blockchain-based architecture for decentralized electricity trading that tokenizes energy delivery rights and cash-flows. Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) are implemented as NFTs, while buy/sell orders are encoded as ERC-1155 tokens whose tokenId packs a time slot and...

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Incentives for transmission capacity expansion in Europe

Hlobil, Tobias; Chehber, Nihal; Özdemir, Özge; Smits, … - 2026

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Community effects of electrification : evidence from Burkina Faso's grid extension

Schmidt, Maika; Moradi, Alexander - 2026

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Community effects of electrification : evidence from Burkina Faso's grid extension

Schmidt, Maika; Moradi, Alexander - 2022

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Designing second-best price zones in electricity markets

Boeschemeier, Jonas; Schwenen, Sebastian - 2026

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Under the grid : price and informational barriers to grid densification in Benin

Dakpogan, Arnaud; Lang, Megan; Ly, Alpha - 2026

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Under strain : international insights into electricity grid outages

Adelowo, Jacqueline Folasade; Colelli, Francesco Pietro; … - 2026

Major recent blackouts underline the severe economic, health, and social costs of outages on households and firms. Unplanned outages show strong seasonality linked to weather, hinting at climate-related risks for electricity grids. Poorer municipalities tend to face systematically higher outage...

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Power islands : the geography of electricity diffusion in Indonesia, 1975-2018

Rosidin, Isfandiarni S.; Groot, Henri L. F. de; Mulder, … - 2026

Using the case of Indonesia, we provide novel evidence that the spatial diffusion of electricity technology in the global South is a lengthy and non-linear process that is influenced by local geographic, economic and demographic conditions. We do so on the basis of newly developed consistent...

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Transmission losses, import dependence, and political instability : a co-integration perspective on Pakistan's energy crisis

Khan, Yasir; Yousafzai, Humaira; Hassan, Taimoor - 2026

Transnational oil and gas pipelines serve as vital strategic corridors within China's framework for energy import dependency, with their external risks directly impacting energy security and economic development. However, existing research still exhibits shortcomings in the systematic...

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Paying for power

Burlig, Fiona; Sudarshan, Anant - 2026

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Exploring resource access in electric vehicle-induced power distribution grid upgrades

Li, Yanning; Jenn, Alan; Hong, Wanshi; Wang, Bin - 2026

The transition to a decarbonized energy system is reshaping electricity distribution grids particularly with the rapid uptake of electric vehicles (EVs). This study examines spatial disparities in distribution grid upgrade needs and utilization across various communities in California, using...

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Intelligent electric vehicle charging infrastructure : a comprehensive review of optimization, control, and grid integration strategies for sustainable mobility

Ranjbar, Mohammadali; Baghaee, Hamid Reza; Ramezani, Amin - 2026

The rapid proliferation of electric vehicles (EVs) has transformed power distribution networks, making the development and optimal management of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations (EVCS) a critical concern. Integrating EVCS with Renewable Energy Sources (RES) not only reduces fossil-fuel...

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Marginal curtailment under network constraints : evidence from the 2030 GB power system

Chyong, Chi Kong; Newbery, David M. G. - 2026

As wind and solar expand, curtailment becomes unavoidable. It is usually reported as an average share of potential output, but investment decisions depend on marginal curtailment: the share of potential output from the next unit of capacity that is lost. Marginal curtailment can be several times...

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How uncertainty shapes electricity storage decisions : dispatch policies and capacity portfolios under renewable drought risk

Keske, Cem; Steffen, Bjarne; Parsons, John E. - 2026

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Electricity grid challenges : why institutional mismatch delays Europe's grid transformation

Albrecht, Johan - 2026

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Scenario-based assessment of the role of nuclear units’ flexibility in an electricity grid with high intermittent renewable penetration

Szondy, Borbála; Biró, Bence; Bodnár, Balázs; … - 2026

As a result of national and world-wide clean energy targets (laid down in the COP21 Paris Agreement and the National Energy and Climate Plan), the Hungarian electricity system has undergone a significant expansion of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in recent years, while nuclear power remains...

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Techno-economic assessment of rural electrification using renewables : effects of climate and grid distance

Jahangir, Mohammad Hossein; Behrad, Alireza; Goodarzi, … - 2026

Access to reliable electricity remains limited in many remote regions of Iran, particularly in mountainous and arid areas, where grid expansion is costly. Although previous studies have evaluated renewable systems for specific areas, the combined effects of climate variability and the distance...

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An enhanced ADMM-based distributed framework for coordinated wind power and electric vehicle scheduling optimization

Yang, Lihao; Zhang, Qi; Zhang, Xin; Tayyab, Muhammad - 2026

The rapid proliferation of electric vehicles and the increasing penetration of wind energy into modern power grids have introduced significant operational challenges, including load volatility, wind curtailment, and real time constraint management in large scale distributed systems. Existing...

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From grid to factory floor : how ultra-high voltage transmission drives corporate automation

Wang, Dan; Hu, Jian - 2026

Energy infrastructure constitutes not merely technical hardware but a fundamental determinant of socioeconomic transformation and industrial evolution. While the engineering attributes of Ultra-High Voltage (UHV) transmission have been extensively documented, its role in shaping corporate...

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Illusionary wind energy predictability imperils the strategy of power grid decarbonization : evidence from offshore Great Britain

Forbes, Kevin F. - 2026

A fundamental strategy in the energy transition away from fossil fuels is increased reliance on wind energy in the electric power sector, coupled with increased electrification throughout the economy. One of the challenges in implementing this strategy is achieving sufficiently accurate wind...

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The consequences of wildfire liability for firm precaution : evidence from power shutoffs in California

Malloy, Christopher - 2026

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Power sector reforms and electricity deficit in Nigeria : stakeholders' perspective

Adelowo, Caleb Muyiwa; Fadare, Mary Oladuni - 2023

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Rebuilding Ukraine's infrastructure after the war

Kosse, Iryna - 2023

Ukraine is a big country with a developed multimodal transport infrastructure that includes a network of roads, railways, airports and seaports, as well as pipelines. In addition, the country has significant infrastructure for electricity generation and distribution, and for gas transportation....

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