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Lessons from America: Customer Default Service with Competitive Retail – is this the way forward in GB?
Customer Default Service with Competitive Retail – is this the way forward in GB? Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 11th July, 2014 About Catherine: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Catherine_Mitchell In general, the merits of retail regulation versus retail competition is framed in a 2 by 2 matrix whereby retail regulation protects customers but undermines innovation and retail competition stimulates innovation but reduces customer protection. For those of us who lived with the fat-days of the Central Electricity Generating Board pre-1990, supporting innovation has, in principle, (slightly and uncomfortably) trumped customer protection. However, the failure of the restructured electricity system to produce
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Presentation: Comparative political economy of sustainable energy transitions
Comparative political economy of sustainable energy transitions From: Matthew Lockwood To: UKERC Annual Assembly, 10th July 2014 Outline A primary interest of IGov is the politics of sustainable energy transitions/transformations, especially political dynamics. Countries are evolving in different ways and there is some diversity, so this involves comparative politics. As part of the project we are working to develop a framework to help examine and expain these issues. This presentation – outlines the framework – Illustrates it by looking at renewable electricity in the UK, Germany and Denmark – Discusses IGov and is forthcoming comparative work Download presentation: Comparative political
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Blog from Berlin: Part Eins
Blog from Berlin – Part Eins Caroline Kuzemko, IGov Team, 9th July, 2014 About Caroline: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Caroline_Kuzemko Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarolineKuzemko Have you ever noticed how things can appear relatively straightforward from afar, but the nearer you get to a situation the more complex it seems? I have just spent two weeks in Berlin interviewing analysts from think tanks, academic institutions and government advisors in an attempt to better understand governance and sustainable innovations in Germany – this blog is largely informed by these interviews. What has been revealed is that the Energiewende is both more complex but also simpler
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Lessons from America: Worrying analogies between the EMR process and the California Electricity Crisis 2001
Worrying analogies between the EMR process and the California Electricity Crisis 2001 Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 7th July, 2014 About Catherine: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Catherine_Mitchell The energy challenges (1) facing the State of California in winter 2000 and spring 2001 dominated the news: brownouts, rolling blackouts, uncertain supply, concerns about the State’s economy, Pacific Gas and Electricity (PG&E) bankruptcy, Southern California Edison (SCE) near bankruptcy. By summer 2001, the situation improved and the State turned its attention to working out exactly what had happened and why, and what longer-term improvements needed to be put in place. But the damage
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Lessons from America: If only the GEMA was more like a US Public Utility Commission
Lessons from America: If only the GEMA was more like a US Public Utility Commission Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 4th July, 2014 About Catherine: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Catherine_Mitchell The outcomes wanted from energy systems tends to be similar around the world: an efficient and secure service, with fair prices, and some protection for customers. However, the structure and regulation of those energy system varies considerably. The US model of regulation revolves around some form of State Regulatory Commission, generally either a Public Utility Commission (PUC) or a Public Services Commission (PSC), although there are other nomenclatures. These PUC/PSCs
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Lessons from America: New York State’s Reforming the Energy Vision
Lessons from America – New York State’s Reforming the Energy Vision Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 2nd July, 2014 About Catherine: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Catherine_Mitchell Those of us in Europe who would like progressive energy policies in our own countries tend to look to Germany and Denmark as the examples we should follow. However, New York State is trying to transform its energy system and judging from its Department of Public Service Staff Report, we in Europe should start to take note. New York State and its Public Service Commission (PSC) sets out its Reforming the Energy Vision (REV), which
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Lessons from America: Can the very different US Regulatory System Provide Insights for Energy Regulation in Britain/Europe?
Lessons from America: Can the very different US Regulatory System Provide Insights for Energy Regulation in Britain/Europe? Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, 30th June, 2014 About Catherine: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Catherine_Mitchell Europe’s 500 million (m) population dwarfs the US’s 320 m but the US, with its 50 States, has a far bigger pool of differing energy regulatory situations to experiment and learn from than Europe’s 25 countries; and the States have a far longer history of working together than Europe does. American, or specifically the USA (as opposed to Canadian or South American) energy regulation is, at first sight,
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Final Agenda
9.00 Registration 9.35 – 9.45 Introduction to day Catherine Mitchell, University of Exeter 9.45 – 10.45 UK Rules and Incentives Matthew Lockwood, IGov Team, University of Exeter Caroline Kuzemko, IGov Team, University of Exeter Richard Hoggett, IGov Team, University of Exeter Catherine Mitchell, IGov Team, University of Exeter Florian Kern, SPRU 10.45 – 11.00 Break 11.00 – 12.00 Keynote Speakers Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs*, Director of the Environmental Policy Research Centre and Professor of Comparative Politics at the Freie Universität Berlin. Prof. Jim Skea, RCUK Energy Strategy Fellow, Imperial College London
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Opening Presentation
Introduction to IGov Progressive Energy Governance conference From: Catherine Mitchell Outline: Introduction to IGov Introduction to the day My no. 1 governance change Download presentation: Opening Presentation
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IGov Presentation: current rules and incentives
Current rules and incentives: innovation in the energy system and emerging governance themes From: Catherine Mitchell, Matthew Lockwood, Richard Hoggett, Caroline Kuzemko Outline: Placing energy demand at the centre Demand side policies find it difficult to make headway in the current energy system IGov Approach for Phase 2 Theme 1: Treatment of Risk – Case Study of Networks Theme 2 – Theory versus Reality: Case Study Domestic Consumers Theme 3: Information, Knowledge and Decision Making – Case Study: Generation and an Electricity Market to encourage flexibility Theme 4: Distribution of Costs and Benefits Explanation of IGov
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