Liberalisation has had a marked effect on innovative activities in the electricity industry. R&D and patenting … activities are generally regarded respectively as innovative inputs to and outputs from technological progress. Electricity … activity in the UK electricity sector. The results indicate that electricity related patents in non-nuclear and renewable …

been much debate about their potential effects on electricity reliability. Only very exceptional circumstances would … trigger supply disruptions; however, the changes may affect electricity prices, the generation mix, and industry revenues …. Coincident with these new rules, expectations about natural gas prices and future electricity demand growth are changing in ways …

electricity generating fleet than most studies have predicted. …

, hail, temperatures, rainfall and thunder) on the performance of electricity distribution networks in the UK. The results …

As developing countries seek to improve their economic prospects, electricity reform has been widely viewed as a … electricity reform in India, giving special regard to its political economy and regional diversity. It assesses how electricity …

incentive regulation of electricity distribution companies, regulators throughout Europe have started regulating quality of …-incorporated regulation. We find that the external cost for quality has not played a major role in Norwegian electricity distribution. …

paper examines the effects of the application of norm models within an ex-post incentive regulation of electricity …

Liberalisation of generation and supply activities in the electricity sectors is often followed by regulatory reform of … behaviour by firms. We also present a survey of issues encountered by electricity regulators. We then use the Data Envelopment …