Utilities Policy

Article	Citations
Legislative reforms and market dynamics in the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in Spain	207
Designing circular economy-compliant municipal solid waste management charging schemes	169
Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia	126
Ways to promote investments in sustainable energy utilities in the central Asian regional economic cooperation program region	104
Opportunities and challenges for small-scale flexibility in European electricity markets	95
Assessing the effect of increasing block tariffs for residential natural gas in Hefei City, China	68
Measuring the productivity growth of Malaysia's water sector: Implications for regulatory reform	67
Heterogeneity in own-price residential customer demand elasticities for electricity under time-of-use rates: Evidence from a randomized-control trial in the United States	67
Household energy poverty and personal time allocation: Empirical evidence from China	64
Exploratory analysis of the water governance frameworks regarding the OECD principles in two river basins in Brazil and Portugal	59
Evaluation of the multi-dimensional growth potential of China's public charging facilities for electric vehicles through 2030	56
Navigating the transition: The impacts of electricity tariff regulation on distributed generation in Brazil	53
On-street toilets for sanitation access in urban public spaces: A systematic review	50
Good governance and energy justice: Pathways to human development	50
Addressing low-quality electricity service for low-income consumers: Empirical evidence from Brazil	48
Reinventing European air traffic control based on the covid-19 pandemic experience	47
Outage-induced power backup choice in Pakistan	47
A shortage pricing mechanism for capacity remuneration with simulation for the Greek electricity balancing market	47
Feasibility analysis of implementing an On Bill Financing program to promote energy-efficiency in Dubai-UAE	46
Household access to the public electricity grid in Cameroon: Analysis of connection determinants	45
Water governance models for meeting sustainable development Goals:A structured literature review	44
The electrification-social development nexus in Bangladesh: Do governmental policies matter?	42
A mixed-method analysis of New Zealand's smart meter rollout experience	41
Inflation effects of oil and gas prices in the UK: Symmetries and asymmetries	40
A fair grid connection cost-sharing model for electricity based on the random forest machine learning method	39

Technological innovation and energy efficiency in central Eastern European countries	34
Cybersecurity and resilience in the swiss electricity sector: Status and policy options	33
Assessing the integration of planning instruments for urban land use and water service	32
Interactive Time-of-use demand response for industrial electricity customers: A case study	32
Optimal policies for electromobility: Joint assessment of transport and electricity distribution costs in Norway	31
An integrated model for electricity market coupling simulations: Evidence from the European power market crossroad	31
Characterizing flexibility in power markets and systems	31
A review of global research on private investment in the water sector	31
Editorial Board	29
Development and application of regional urban water security indicators	29
Is it all about supply? Demand-side effects on the Spanish electricity market following Covid-19 lockdown policies	28
Screening for collusion in wholesale electricity markets: A literature review	27
Service quality performance indicators for electricity distribution in Brazil	27
A sustainability assessment of decentralized water supply systems in Bandung City, Indonesia	27
Subnational perspectives on energy transition pathways for Mexico's electricity grid	27
Factors influencing residential water consumption in Wallonia, Belgium	26
Is more competition better? Retail electricity prices and switching rates in the European Union	26
Public-sector reform: Lessons from the privatisation experiment in Greece	26
An experiment in own-price elasticity estimation for non-residential electricity demand in the U.S.	26
Urban broadband infrastructure and green total-factor energy efficiency in China	25
Comparative analysis of energy poverty definition and measurement in Portugal and Spain	25
Open questions for public water management: Discussions from Uruguay's restatization process	24
Incorporating nonrevenue water in the efficiency assessment of water supply utilities: A parametric enhanced hyperbolic distance function	24
Revealing expert perspectives on challenges to electricity Demand-Side Management in Pakistan: An application of Q-Methodology	23
The distributional effects of rural electrification on household welfare: Evidence from Senegal	23
Improving asset management in capital-intensive industries: Case study of a Portuguese water utility	23
Detection of unauthorized consumption in water supply systems: A case study using logistic regression	23
Electricity system resilience: An integrated bibliometric and systematic literature review	23
Does district heating affect residential property prices? Case study of an urban area in South Korea	23
Regulating electricity spot markets during extreme events: The 2021 Texas case	22
Editorial Board	22
Assessing water conservation behaviour of India's urban households	21
Influence of population mobility on electricity consumption in seven U.S. cities during the COVID-19 pandemic	21
A lifecycle-based indicator to support residual solid waste flow planning at the regional level	21
Open Water: Impacts of Retail Competition on Service Performance and Water-Use Efficiency in England	21
Estimating stranded coal assets in China's power sector	21
Asymmetric impact of green bonds on energy efficiency: Fresh evidence from quantile estimation	20
Drivers of mobile broadband pricing: Cross-national evidence on policy and market dynamics	20
Customer complaint management and smart technology adoption by community water systems	20
Transition to greener electricity and resource use impact on environmental quality: Policy based study from OECD countries	20
Are Brazilian water auction prices affordable for vulnerable families?	19
China's textbook approach to regulatory reform of the natural gas market	19
Management efficiency of Chinese toll road operating companies and influencing factors	19
Editorial Board	19
Assessing the public-private partnership handover: Experience from China's water sector	19
Multi-criteria decision support: A case study of Southeast Europe power systems	18
Modelling features and outcomes of Brazil's electricity tariff flag program	18
No-queue road pricing: A comprehensive policy instrument for Europe?	18
Solving electric power distribution uncertainty using deep learning and incentive-based demand response	17
Socioeconomic drivers of residential electricity expenditures in India	17

Payback of natural gas turbines: A retrospective analysis with implications for decarbonizing grids	17
Waste management, quality of life and natural resources utilization matter for renewable electricity generation: The main and moderate role of environmental policy	17
Environmental benefits of energy poverty alleviation, renewable resources, and urbanization in North Africa	17
Regulatory analysis of E-mobility for Brazil: A comparative review and outlook	16
Transition mapping for modern energy service provision under uncertainty: A case study from Brazil	16
A note on hydropower as a marginal price setter for Spain's electricity market in 2021–2022	16
Impact of Spanish renewable support scheme reforms on the revenues of photovoltaic power plants	16
Water democracy under European Union law: Requiring participatory services management	16
Water poverty in a ‘Hydro Nation’: Exploring distributional and recognitional water injustice in Scotland	16
Seeing more than reading:The visual mode in utilities' sustainability reports	16
Efficient firms are all alike, but every inefficient firm is such in its own way: Heterogeneity of costs determinants in the Italian water sector	15
A multi-criteria model for measuring the sustainability orientation of Italian water utilities	15
A data-driven approach to reduce electricity theft in developing countries	15
Editorial Board	15
Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors	15
Merit-order of dispatchable and variable renewable energy sources in Turkey's day-ahead electricity market	14
Assessing the role of green finance in sustainable energy investments by power utilities: Evidence from China	14
Common risk factors for Latin American electric utilities	14
Enhancing financial efficiency and receivable collection in the water sector: Insights from structural equation modeling	14
The impact of pollution information disclosure on household electricity consumption: Evidence from China	14
Evidence of supply security and sustainability challenges in Nigeria’s power sector	14
Possible paths for Mexico's electricity system in the clean energy transition	14
High-speed rail and air transport competition under high flight delay conditions in China: A case study of the Beijing-Shanghai corridor	13
On sharing the costs of public drinking water infrastructure renewal among users with different preferences	13
Editorial Board	13
Defining and measuring active distribution system operators for the electricity and natural gas sectors	13
The impact of transparency policies on local flexibility markets in electric distribution networks	13
Renewable R&D investments and carbon emissions in G7 countries: The mediating roles of technology and economic efficiency	13
Alternative operational modes for Chinese PV poverty alleviation power stations: Economic impacts on stakeholders	13
Challenges of recycled water pricing	13
Insights from the N11 economies on drivers of the clean energy transition	13
Photovoltaic project investment based on the real options method: An analysis of the East China power grid region	13
Is cognition of residential tiered pricing policy effective in reducing electricity consumption in China?	13
Performance assessment of the Chilean water sector: A network data envelopment analysis approach	13
Public ownership and ESG policies: implications for firm productivity in local transportation	13
A novel TSO settlement scheme for the Frequency Containment Reserve Cooperation in Europe’s integrated electricity market	13
Pragmatism as an approach for decision-making: Why two Kenyan water utilities opted for pre-paid water dispensers	12
From pragmatic to politicized? The future of water remunicipalization in the United States	12
Enhancing electricity distribution efficiency in Pakistan: A framework for progress and action	12
Efficiency and productivity of renewable energy technologies: Evidence from U.S. investor-owned utilities across regional markets	12
How are public utilities responding to electricity market restructuring and the energy transition? Lessons from Israel	12
The status of and opportunities for utility-scale battery storage in Australia: A regulatory and market perspective	12
Rural-urban inequality in drinking water accessibility as a socioeconomic outcome in Nigeria	12
Guiding electricity distribution system investments to improve service quality: A European study	12
Energy knowledge and public response to restarting nuclear plants in Japan following the fukushima accident	11
Comparing multi-criteria models for ranking the Performance of India's water supply utilities	11
Understanding the variability of residential energy poverty in India	11
A time aggregation approach for reducing identifiability in household energy data	11
Editorial Board	11
Does information intervention influence residential waste-source separation behavior?	11
Better safe than sorry? Stated preferences and the precautionary principle for securing drinking water quality in an Italian district	11
Mitigating the risk of photovoltaic power generation: A complementarity model of solar irradiation in diverse regions applied to Brazil	11
Data privacy and residential smart meters: Comparative analysis and harmonization potential	11
Techno-economic assessment of residential PV system tariff policies in Jordan	11
Clustered patterns of household water consumption in Portuguese municipalities: Do regional location and population trajectory matter?	10
The nexus between information technology and environmental pollution: Application of a new machine learning algorithm to OECD countries	10
Driving industrial and economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe: The role of electricity infrastructure and renewable energy	10
The (In)efficiency of the retail-minus rule	10
The flow-based market coupling domain - Why we can't get it right	10
Management control by municipal utilities for value creation to achieve the sustainable development goals	10
Does human capital complement sustainable development goals? Evidence from leading carbon emitter countries	10
Investment in vehicle-to-grid and distributed energy resources: Distributor versus prosumer perspectives and the impact of rate structures	10
Tariff flags and electricity consumption response in Brazil	10
Prepaid water meters and water distribution system improvement: A case study of Jenin city, Palestine	10
Clean energy transition in the Turkish power sector: A techno-economic analysis with a high-resolution power expansion model	10
Collaborative governance challenges in energy efficiency and conservation: The case of Pennsylvania	10
Community Energy in Germany – Bowling Alone in Elite Clubs?	10
Waste heat inconsistencies in the EU's energy legislation	10
Renewable energy project implementation: Will the Baltic States catch up with the Nordic countries?	9
Economics and policy implications of residential photovoltaic systems in Italy's developed market	9
Impact of vehicle charging on Portugal's national electricity load profile in 2030	9
Forecasting renewable energy utilization by Iran's water and wastewater industries	9
Design and implementation of a competitive framework for a day-ahead demand-response program in Iran	9
Water sector resilience in the United Kingdom and Ireland: The COVID-19 challenge	9
Drivers and barriers to participation in Sweden's local flexibility markets for electricity	9
Risk disclosure in sustainability reports: Empirical evidence from the energy sector	9
An analysis of the interactions between daily electricity demand levels in France	9
Assessing eco-productivity change in Chilean municipal solid waste services	9
Evaluation of the eco-efficiency of territorial districts with seaport economic activities	9
The corruption-emissions nexus: Do information and communication technologies make a difference?	9

Editorial Board	9
Promoting efficient district heating in Estonia	9
Effects of the circular economy, environmental policy, energy transition, and geopolitical risk on sustainable electricity generation	9
Performance evaluation of China's photovoltaic poverty alleviation project using machine learning and satellite images	9
Structural efficiency assessment of regional airports: Lessons from India	9
Estimating production functions to determine the marginal economic value and price elasticity of water in the Chilean industrial sector	9
An experimental approach to measuring consumer preferences for water charges	8
Subsidized or subsidizing? Municipal drinking water service funds in California	8
Has benchmarking improved the performance of the Australian electricity distribution utilities? A meta-frontier model	8
Endogenous and exogenous sources of efficiency in the management of Turkish airports	8
Politico-economic determinants of the performance of electric cooperatives in the Philippines	8
Effectiveness of carbon emissions trading and renewable energy portfolio standards in the Chinese provincial and coupled electricity markets	8
How policies affect the cost-effectiveness of residential renewable energy in Iran: A techno-economic analysis for optimization	8
Consumer price effects of deregulated electric generation markets: The case of Ohio and the midwestern United States	8
A smart meter data-driven distribution utility rate model for networks with prosumers	8
Administrative congestion management meets electricity network regulation: Aligning incentives between the renewable generators and network operator	8
Industrial electricity consumption efficiency and energy policy in Japan	8
Microgrid operation strategies considering government subsidies and user preferences based on evolutionary games	8
Analysis of hourly price granularity implementation in the Brazilian deregulated electricity contracting environment	8
A clustering scheme for performance benchmarking in the regulation of electric distribution utilities in Iran	8
Malaysia’s electricity market structure in transition	8
How demand-side management can shape electricity generation capacity planning	8
Performance analytics for regulation in retail water utilities: Guiding asset management by identifying peers and targets	8
A regulatory robust conditional approach to measuring the efficiency of wholesale water supply and wastewater treatment services	8
Market design options for electricity markets with high variable renewable generation	8
Improvement of customer baselines for the evaluation of demand response through the use of physically-based load models	8
Operational concerns and solutions in smart electricity distribution systems	7
Communication strategies and consumer acceptance of utility-controlled heat pumps and electric vehicles	7
Circular economy in the water and wastewater sector: Tariff impact and financial performance of SMARTechs	7
Decentralized wastewater system practices in developing countries: A systematic review	7
Are Spanish ports efficient and profitable? A quantitative analysis	7
Household attitudes toward wastewater recycling in Saudi Arabia	7
Embedding broader values in the regulatory model: An analysis of Ofgem's consumer value proposition for the natural gas distribution sector	7
Evolutionary game theory-based system dynamics modeling for community solid waste classification in China	7
Does upgrading household consumption affect the eco-efficiency of China's solid waste management as measured by emissions?	7
Household electricity demand in Latin America and the Caribbean: A meta-analysis of price elasticity	7
Greater than the sum: On regulating innovation in electricity distribution networks with externalities	7
A robust benchmarking of direct margin in Italy's energy retail markets	7
Editorial Board	7
Pathways to a sustainable electricity sector in Kenya: Challenges and transformational factors	7
Awareness of coping costs and willingness to pay for urban drinking water service: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan	7
Efficient resource utilization of the electricity distribution sector using nonparametric data envelopment analysis and influential factors	7
Developer behavior in local infrastructure provision in Indonesia: Implications for policy	7
Measuring the price impact of price-cap regulation among Canadian electricity distribution utilities	7
Efficiency benchmarking of Irish and North Atlantic Spanish ports: Implications for blue growth	7
Real-life resilience: Exploring the organisational environment of international water utilities	6
Does renewable energy development enhance energy security?	6
Wholesale electricity market economics of solar generation in Israel	6
Calculating the realized investment returns of U.S. electric utilities	6
Stakeholder interaction in the digital transformation of China's electric power sector: An evolutionary game model	6
Effective communication of time–of–use electricity tariffs: Plain and simple	6
Factors affecting judicial review of regulatory appeals	6
Supporting Sustainable Rural Groundwater Demand Management with Fuzzy Decision Analysis: A Case Study in Iran	6
Institutional diversity and safe drinking water provision in the United States	6
Retraction notice to Modified teaching-learning-based optimization by orthogonal learning for optimal design of an electric vehicle charging station [Utilities Policy 72 (2021) 101253]	6
In-state generation requirements and the acceptability of renewable portfolio standards	6
Determinants of water loss in Portuguese utilities	6
Demand for grid-supplied electricity in the presence of distributed solar energy resources: Evidence from New York City	6
Designing a local flexibility market for buying back capacity from electricity consumers connected to the distribution network	6
Forecasting short-term electricity load using hybrid support vector regression with grey catastrophe and random forest modeling	6
Risk-based optimization of the debt service schedule in renewable energy project finance	6
Dynamic demand response to electricity prices: Evidence from the Spanish retail market	6
Gauging energy poverty in developing countries with a composite metric of electricity access	6
Institutional and contextual drivers of and barriers to incentive-based demand response: A comparative case study in the Pacific Northwest	6
Turmoil in the Chilean electricity sector: A failed attempt at using advanced contracts for differences to support the energy transition?	6
Enlarged scars: The effects of economic policy uncertainty on electricity accessibility and urban-rural disparity	6
Pass-through in residential retail electricity competition: Evidence from Pennsylvania	6
Public utility ownership and in-kind trade policy in vertically related markets	6
Effect of electricity price reform on households’ electricity consumption in urban Ethiopia	5
Determining factors affecting customer satisfaction of the national electric power company (MERALCO) during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Phillippines	5
The ideological stakes of deploying rural broadband in the U.S. state of Georgia	5
Exploring customer satisfaction in Great Britain's retail energy sector part III: A proposed Overall Customer Satisfaction score	5
Data integration in asset management of municipal pipe networks in Sweden: Challenges, gaps, and potential drivers	5
Does the payment vehicle matter for valuing improved electricity reliability? A discrete choice experiment in Ethiopia	5
Alternative tariff structures and household composition: Evidence from Spain's Valencia region	5
How environmental policy stringency affects renewable energy investment? Implications for green investment horizons	5
Generative literature analysis on the rise of prosumers and their influence on the sustainable energy transition	5
Human resource training to implement transmission schemes for renewable power evacuation in India	5
Towards a water-smart society: Progress in linking theory and practice	5
Temperature variation and urban electricity consumption in China: Implications for demand management and planning	5
Merchant investment in electricity transmission networks	5
Multilevel governance, PV solar energy, and entrepreneurship: the generation of green hydrogen as a fuel of renewable origin	5
The digital economy and energy poverty in Central and Eastern Europe	5
IoT implementation for energy system sustainability: The role of actors and related challenges	5
Sustainability disclosure and reporting by municipally owned water utilities	5
Exploring customer satisfaction in Great Britain's retail energy sector Part I: The comparative use of Trustpilot online reviews in four sectors	5
Financial inclusion and energy poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa	5
Energy-water interdependencies across the three major United States electric grids: A multi-sectoral analysis	5
Asymmetric price response of industrial electricity demand in India	5
Editorial Board	5
Can financial literacy Ease energy poverty? Some Lessons at the household level in China	5
Policy and legal frameworks for underground natural gas storage in Iran	5
Smartening up: User experience with smart water metering infrastructure in an African city	5
Drivers of district heating's dominance in Sweden's urban areas: A historical perspective	5
Techno-economic analysis of a hybrid photovoltaic-wind-biomass-battery system for off-grid power in rural Guatemala	5