Utilities Policy

Article	Citations
Administrative congestion management meets electricity network regulation: Aligning incentives between the renewable generators and network operator	203
Assessing the effect of increasing block tariffs for residential natural gas in Hefei City, China	150
The efficacy of stress coping strategies in Taiwan's public utilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	121
Stakeholder management mapping to improve public-private partnership success in emerging country water projects: Indonesia’s experience	99
Seeing more than reading:The visual mode in utilities' sustainability reports	91
Initiating data-as-a-service adoption in water utilities: A service design approach	67
Responsiveness of water-sector regulation in Brazil to the Covid-19 pandemic: A view through the human rights lens	63
Natural hazard risk management in the Chilean drinking water industry: Diagnosis and recommendations	62
Exploring tax-related sustainability reporting by electric utilities	58
Validity of decision criteria for selecting power-to-gas projects in Poland	57
Editorial Board	55
Ways to promote investments in sustainable energy utilities in the central Asian regional economic cooperation program region	49
Has benchmarking improved the performance of the Australian electricity distribution utilities? A meta-frontier model	48
Cost efficiency of Tunisian water utility districts: Does heterogeneity matter?	48
Transition mapping for modern energy service provision under uncertainty: A case study from Brazil	45
Efficacies of technological progress and renewable energy transition in amplifying national electrification rates: contextual evidence from developing countries	43
Regulatory incentives for transmission system operators under flow-based market coupling	43
Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia	42
The moderating role of remittances in the energy security-poverty nexus in developing countries	40
Energetic Equilibrium: Optimizing renewable and non-renewable energy sources via particle swarm optimization	40
European roadmaps to achieving 2030 renewable energy targets	40
Institutional capacity determinants in a global south city: the case of a wastewater utility in Zacatecas, Mexico	39
Subsidized or subsidizing? Municipal drinking water service funds in California	39
An experimental approach to measuring consumer preferences for water charges	39
A social science perspective on conflicts in the energy transition: An introduction to the special issue	35

Endogenous and exogenous sources of efficiency in the management of Turkish airports	34
Legislative reforms and market dynamics in the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in Spain	32
Sustainability reporting and public value: Evidence from port authorities	31
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Water democracy under European Union law: Requiring participatory services management	30
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How demand-side management can shape electricity generation capacity planning	28
Impact of Spanish renewable support scheme reforms on the revenues of photovoltaic power plants	27
Electricity production, government effectiveness eco-innovation, and public health: Novel findings in the context of sustainability policies	27
Assessing regulatory governance for the water and sanitation Agencies in Brazil	26
An integrated system dynamics model of electricity production, consumption, and export policy in Iran considering carbon emissions	26
Efficient firms are all alike, but every inefficient firm is such in its own way: Heterogeneity of costs determinants in the Italian water sector	26
Malaysia’s electricity market structure in transition	25
The nexus of electricity infrastructure investment, household income, and carbon emissions in rural China	25
Evolutionary game theory-based system dynamics modeling for community solid waste classification in China	25
The critical drivers of the Brazilian electricity sector's transition through 2050: A Delphi study	25
Strategies to reduce postal network access points: from demographic to spatial distribution criteria	25
Estimating the cost of equity for the regulated energy and infrastructure sectors in India	24
Operating in the shadowland: Why water utilities fail to manage decaying infrastructure	24
Opportunities and challenges for small-scale flexibility in European electricity markets	24
A smart meter data-driven distribution utility rate model for networks with prosumers	24
Underpinnings of consumer preferences and participation in Japan's liberalized energy market	23
A note on hydropower as a marginal price setter for Spain's electricity market in 2021–2022	23
Powershifts, organisational value, and water management: Digital transformation of Ghana's public water utility	22
Quality performance gaps and minimal electricity losses in East Africa	21
Rainwater harvesting for domestic use: A systematic review and outlook from the utility policy and management perspectives	20
Operational concerns and solutions in smart electricity distribution systems	20
Awareness of coping costs and willingness to pay for urban drinking water service: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan	20
Implementing automated residential demand response in South Korea: Consumer preferences and market potential	20
Industrial electricity consumption efficiency and energy policy in Japan	20
Exploring the impact of boundedly rational power plant investment decision-making by applying prospect theory	20
Performance analytics for regulation in retail water utilities: Guiding asset management by identifying peers and targets	19
Has retail competition reduced residential electricity prices in Texas?	19
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Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors	19
Designing circular economy-compliant municipal solid waste management charging schemes	19
A data-driven approach to reduce electricity theft in developing countries	19
A clustering scheme for performance benchmarking in the regulation of electric distribution utilities in Iran	19
Developing a global sustainable electricity use index using the pressure-state-response framework	18
Pathways to a sustainable electricity sector in Kenya: Challenges and transformational factors	18
Preserving competition and economic welfare in Israel's PV market	18
Politico-economic determinants of the performance of electric cooperatives in the Philippines	18
Does upgrading household consumption affect the eco-efficiency of China's solid waste management as measured by emissions?	17
Benchmarking the efficiency of natural gas distribution utilities in Italy considering size, ownership, and maturity	17
Monte Carlo simulation of community microgrid operation: Business prospects in the Brazilian regulatory framework	17
Electricity from renewable energy resources: Sustainable energy transition and emissions for developed economies	17
Improvement of customer baselines for the evaluation of demand response through the use of physically-based load models	17
A multi-criteria model for measuring the sustainability orientation of Italian water utilities	17
Does internet use promote clean energy use for cooking by women-headed rural households in China?	17
Communication strategies and consumer acceptance of utility-controlled heat pumps and electric vehicles	16

Sustainable green electricity, technological innovation, and ecological footprint: Does democratic accountability moderate the nexus?	16
Efficient resource utilization of the electricity distribution sector using nonparametric data envelopment analysis and influential factors	16
Sustainable energy policy, socio-economic development, and ecological footprint: The economic significance of natural resources, population growth, and industrial development	16
Iran's day-ahead electricity market: Structural assessment and solutions	15
Evaluation of China's double-carbon energy policy based on the policy modeling consistency index	15
Measuring the eco-efficiency of municipal solid waste service: A fuzzy DEA model for handling missing data	15
Mind the gap: Community member perceptions of shortcomings in diversity and inclusivity of local energy projects in Germany	15
The Brazilian electricity market architecture: An analysis of instruments and misalignments	15
A hybrid knowledge-based method for pipe renewal planning in Water Distribution Systems with limited data: Application to Iran	15
Environmental legislation and waste management efficiency in Italian regions in view of circular economy goals	15
Path to clean and sustainable energy from nuclear and renewable sources: Evidence from France	14
Possible paths for Mexico's electricity system in the clean energy transition	14
On-street toilets for sanitation access in urban public spaces: A systematic review	14
A shortage pricing mechanism for capacity remuneration with simulation for the Greek electricity balancing market	14
Wind of change: Small-scale electricity production and distribution-grid efficiency in Sweden	14
Grid investment and subsidy tradeoffs in renewable electricity auctions	13
Ownership and sustainability of Italian water utilities: The stakeholder role	13
The value of distributed flexibility for reducing generation and network reinforcement costs	13
Profit productivity change in the English and Welsh water sector: Impact of the price reviews	13
Evidence of supply security and sustainability challenges in Nigeria’s power sector	13
The impact of transparency policies on local flexibility markets in electric distribution networks	13
Local-level ownership of electricity grids: An analysis of Germany's distribution system operators (DSOs)	13
Is cognition of residential tiered pricing policy effective in reducing electricity consumption in China?	13
Outage-induced power backup choice in Pakistan	13
Can privatization of distribution substations improve electricity reliability for non-residential customers? An application to Nepal	13
Editorial Board	12
Economics, ideology, and the creation and performance of state-owned electricity utilities in Australia, 1900 to 1950	12
Addressing low-quality electricity service for low-income consumers: Empirical evidence from Brazil	12
Measuring the price impact of price-cap regulation among Canadian electricity distribution utilities	12
A coordinated approach for a three-echelon solar-wind energy supply with government intervention	12
Are Spanish ports efficient and profitable? A quantitative analysis	12
Sustainable development indicators for electric power generation companies in Ecuador: A case study	12
Water company productivity change: A disaggregated approach accounting for changes in inputs and outputs	12
Feasibility analysis of implementing an On Bill Financing program to promote energy-efficiency in Dubai-UAE	12
Cost and productivity effects of demographic changes on local water service	12
Economic sustainability and social inclusion in rural electrical grid design	12
District heating network ownership and prices: The case of an unregulated natural monopoly	11
Developing sustainable power systems by evaluating techno-economic, environmental, and social indicators from a system dynamics approach	11
Measuring the productivity growth of Malaysia's water sector: Implications for regulatory reform	11
Forecasting electricity consumption of OECD countries: A global machine learning modeling approach	11
Projects of common interest? Evaluation of European electricity interconnectors	11
Can electrification mitigate the marginal cost of carbon emission abatement? Evidence from China	11
Reinventing European air traffic control based on the covid-19 pandemic experience	11
Greater than the sum: On regulating innovation in electricity distribution networks with externalities	11
Household energy poverty and personal time allocation: Empirical evidence from China	11
Developer behavior in local infrastructure provision in Indonesia: Implications for policy	11
Does the Ukrainian electricity market correspond to the european model?	10
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	10
Circular economy in the water and wastewater sector: Tariff impact and financial performance of SMARTechs	10
Exploratory analysis of the water governance frameworks regarding the OECD principles in two river basins in Brazil and Portugal	10
Cross-sector sustainability benchmarking of major utilities in the United Kingdom	10
Household electricity demand in Latin America and the Caribbean: A meta-analysis of price elasticity	10
Photovoltaic project investment based on the real options method: An analysis of the East China power grid region	10
Does a zero-waste strategy in sustainable urban waste management affect hierarchy targets and costs?	10
Service quality and the share of renewable energy in electricity generation	10
High-speed rail and air transport competition under high flight delay conditions in China: A case study of the Beijing-Shanghai corridor	10
Embedding broader values in the regulatory model: An analysis of Ofgem's consumer value proposition for the natural gas distribution sector	10
Economic evaluation of willingness to pay for natural gas supply reliability in Korea	9
Common risk factors for Latin American electric utilities	9
Endogenous competition with an integrated public utility firm under an output subsidy policy	9
Challenges of recycled water pricing	9
A collaborative governance model for electric vehicle charging infrastructure incorporating policy evaluation and feedback	9
Navigating the transition: The impacts of electricity tariff regulation on distributed generation in Brazil	9
Enlarging or narrowing? Exploring the impact of energy poverty on carbon inequality in China	9
Enhancing financial efficiency and receivable collection in the water sector: Insights from structural equation modeling	8
Household attitudes toward wastewater recycling in Saudi Arabia	8
What will drive household adoption of smart energy? Insights from a consumer acceptance study in Germany	8
Do ESG factors improve utilities corporate efficiency and reduce the risk perceived by credit lending institutions? An empirical analysis	8
Stakeholder engagement in the public utility sector: Evidence from Italian ESG reports	8
Insights from the N11 economies on drivers of the clean energy transition	8
A robust benchmarking of direct margin in Italy's energy retail markets	8
Decentralized wastewater system practices in developing countries: A systematic review	8
Household access to the public electricity grid in Cameroon: Analysis of connection determinants	8
Heterogeneous analysis of energy consumption, financial development, and pollution in Africa: The relevance of regulatory quality	8
Snapshot review of refuse-derived fuels	8
Efficiency benchmarking of Irish and North Atlantic Spanish ports: Implications for blue growth	8
Dynamic correlated effects of electricity prices, biomass energy, and technological innovation in Tunisia's energy transition	8
A novel TSO settlement scheme for the Frequency Containment Reserve Cooperation in Europe’s integrated electricity market	8
Investigating how board gender diversity affects environmental, social and governance performance: Evidence from the utilities sector	8
Predicting a water infrastructure leakage index via machine learning	8

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Evaluation of the multi-dimensional growth potential of China's public charging facilities for electric vehicles through 2030	8
Inclusivity, resilience, and circular economy of water services: Embracing a sustainable water future	8
Water governance models for meeting sustainable development Goals:A structured literature review	8
The impact of pollution information disclosure on household electricity consumption: Evidence from China	8
Why capacity market prices are too high	7
Influence of market structures on concession pricing in Public-Private-Partnership utilities with asymmetric information	7
Price and income elasticities of residential electricity demand in Brazil and policy implications	7
Techno-economic assessment of residential PV system tariff policies in Jordan	7
Demand for grid-supplied electricity in the presence of distributed solar energy resources: Evidence from New York City	7
Institutional change for the development of urban sanitation in the Global South: A social science review	7
Utility governance, incentives, and performance: Evidence from India's urban water sector	7
Public utility vehicle service quality and customer satisfaction in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic	7
Oil prices and the renewable energy transition: Empirical evidence from China	7
Exploring the asymmetric impact of sustainability reporting on financial performance in the utilities sector: A longitudinal comparative analysis	7
Environmental performance of an urban passenger transport system and influencing factors: A case study of Tianjin, China	7
National and Regional Economic Impacts of changes in Germany's electricity mix: A dynamic analysis through 2050	7
Evaluating the sustainability of China's power generation industry based on a matter-element extension model	7
Efficiency and productivity of renewable energy technologies: Evidence from U.S. investor-owned utilities across regional markets	7
Consumer uptake of energy-efficient appliances in India's online marketplace: An electronic word-of-mouth (eWOM) process model	7
Development and application of regional urban water security indicators	7
The role of sustainable energy utility, natural resource utilization and waste management in reducing energy poverty: Evidence from South Asian countries	7
Concessions for basic sanitation services in Southern Brazil: A generalized synthetic control analysis	7
Merit-order of dispatchable and variable renewable energy sources in Turkey's day-ahead electricity market	7
Multifaceted intra-city water system arrangements in California: Influences and implications for residents	7
On sharing the costs of public drinking water infrastructure renewal among users with different preferences	7
Rural-urban inequality in drinking water accessibility as a socioeconomic outcome in Nigeria	7
The status of and opportunities for utility-scale battery storage in Australia: A regulatory and market perspective	7
Alternative operational modes for Chinese PV poverty alleviation power stations: Economic impacts on stakeholders	7
How are public utilities responding to electricity market restructuring and the energy transition? Lessons from Israel	7
Assessing the role of green finance in sustainable energy investments by power utilities: Evidence from China	7
Toward a theory of high reliability for natural gas distribution utilities	7
Social equity implications of advanced water metering infrastructure	7
Aggressive bidding and the renegotiation of concession contracts: Empirical evidence from Peru*	6
Defining and measuring active distribution system operators for the electricity and natural gas sectors	6
Determinants of water loss in Portuguese utilities	6
In-state generation requirements and the acceptability of renewable portfolio standards	6
Public ownership and ESG policies: implications for firm productivity in local transportation	6
Adoption of data-as-a-service by water and wastewater utilities	6
Determinants of household switching between natural gas suppliers: Evidence from Japan	6
Facilitating domestic demand response in Britain’s electricity system	6
Breaking the culture of nonpayment: A qualitative analysis of utility intervention in Pakistan	6
Evaluation index system for carbon information disclosure quality in China's electric power sector based on a mutual information and back propagation neural network model	6
A mixed-method analysis of New Zealand's smart meter rollout experience	6
Understanding the variability of residential energy poverty in India	6
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The electrification-social development nexus in Bangladesh: Do governmental policies matter?	6
Motivating the formation of partnerships by small water systems	6
Enlarged scars: The effects of economic policy uncertainty on electricity accessibility and urban-rural disparity	6
Designing a local flexibility market for buying back capacity from electricity consumers connected to the distribution network	6
Accelerating safe small modular reactor development in Southeast Asia	6
Assessing the integration of planning instruments for urban land use and water service	6
An integrated model for electricity market coupling simulations: Evidence from the European power market crossroad	6
Measuring wholesale electricity price risk from climate change: Evidence from Portugal	5
Characterizing flexibility in power markets and systems	5
Calculating the realized investment returns of U.S. electric utilities	5
Enhancing electricity distribution efficiency in Pakistan: A framework for progress and action	5
Stakeholder engagement by an Italian water utility company: Insight from participant observation of dialogism	5
Factors affecting judicial review of regulatory appeals	5
Technological innovation and energy efficiency in central Eastern European countries	5
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting and accountability in the utilities sector: Research paths and policy directions	5
Valuing water service reliability and in-home water storage: A hedonic price model from Guatemala	5
Capital structure decisions in the energy transition: Insights from Spain	5
Guiding electricity distribution system investments to improve service quality: A European study	5
How can the concept of public value influence U.K. utility regulation?	5
Optimal policies for electromobility: Joint assessment of transport and electricity distribution costs in Norway	5
Toward consumer-centric energy network regulation: Australia's experience	5
Better safe than sorry? Stated preferences and the precautionary principle for securing drinking water quality in an Italian district	5
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Institutional and contextual drivers of and barriers to incentive-based demand response: A comparative case study in the Pacific Northwest	5
A review of global research on private investment in the water sector	5
Does market concentration affect wholesale electricity prices? An analysis of the Indian electricity sector in the COVID-19 pandemic context	5
Screening for collusion in wholesale electricity markets: A literature review	4
Price and budget elasticities under utility poverty policies in Spain	4
Does renewable energy development enhance energy security?	4
Pass-through in residential retail electricity competition: Evidence from Pennsylvania	4
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Privately-owned utilities in 19th century Western Australia	4
Public utility ownership and in-kind trade policy in vertically related markets	4
Success of local flexibility market implementation: A review of current projects	4
A strategic analysis of renewable energy communities in achieving sustainable development	4
Impacts of green deal policies on the Nordic power market	4
Pragmatism as an approach for decision-making: Why two Kenyan water utilities opted for pre-paid water dispensers	4
The impact of training on labour productivity in the European utilities sector: An empirical analysis	4
Revisiting recycled water for the next drought; a case study of South East Queensland, Australia	4
The role of knowledge in water service coproduction and policy implications	4
A sustainability assessment of decentralized water supply systems in Bandung City, Indonesia	4
Economic analysis of the impact of Turkey's renewable support mechanism on solar energy investment	4
Funding the green transition: Governance quality, public debt, and renewable energy consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa	4
Real-life resilience: Exploring the organisational environment of international water utilities	4
Remittances and energy poverty: Fresh evidence from developing countries	4
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Does digital transformation improve the operational efficiency of Chinese power enterprises?	4