OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Utilities Policy is 10. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

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
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
Measuring the productivity growth of Malaysia's water sector: Implications for regulatory reform	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
Good governance and energy justice: Pathways to human development	50
On-street toilets for sanitation access in urban public spaces: A systematic review	50
Addressing low-quality electricity service for low-income consumers: Empirical evidence from Brazil	48
Outage-induced power backup choice in Pakistan	47
A shortage pricing mechanism for capacity remuneration with simulation for the Greek electricity balancing market	47
Reinventing European air traffic control based on the covid-19 pandemic experience	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
Interactive Time-of-use demand response for industrial electricity customers: A case study	32
Assessing the integration of planning instruments for urban land use and water service	32
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
Optimal policies for electromobility: Joint assessment of transport and electricity distribution costs in Norway	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
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
Screening for collusion in wholesale electricity markets: A literature review	27
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
Factors influencing residential water consumption in Wallonia, Belgium	26
Comparative analysis of energy poverty definition and measurement in Portugal and Spain	25
Urban broadband infrastructure and green total-factor energy efficiency in China	25
Incorporating nonrevenue water in the efficiency assessment of water supply utilities: A parametric enhanced hyperbolic distance function	24
Open questions for public water management: Discussions from Uruguay's restatization process	24
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
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
Regulating electricity spot markets during extreme events: The 2021 Texas case	22
Editorial Board	22
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
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
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
Asymmetric impact of green bonds on energy efficiency: Fresh evidence from quantile estimation	20
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
Are Brazilian water auction prices affordable for vulnerable families?	19
Modelling features and outcomes of Brazil's electricity tariff flag program	18
No-queue road pricing: A comprehensive policy instrument for Europe?	18
Multi-criteria decision support: A case study of Southeast Europe power systems	18
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
Solving electric power distribution uncertainty using deep learning and incentive-based demand response	17
Socioeconomic drivers of residential electricity expenditures in India	17
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
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 data-driven approach to reduce electricity theft in developing countries	15
Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors	15
Editorial Board	15
A multi-criteria model for measuring the sustainability orientation of Italian water utilities	15
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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