Utilities Policy

Article	Citations
Convergence dynamics of urban and rural electricity access rates across African countries	279
Ways to promote investments in sustainable energy utilities in the central Asian regional economic cooperation program region	118
Editorial Board	87
Assessing the effect of increasing block tariffs for residential natural gas in Hefei City, China	86
An overview of Brazil's electricity market: Planning, dispatch models, pricing, and modernization	77
Command and control: A systematic approach to demand-side flexibility	74
How do European Union electric utilities contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals? Empirical insights on reporting and management control practices	71
Agent-based modeling to assess the effects of time-of-use water tariffs on social equity	67
Opportunities and challenges for small-scale flexibility in European electricity markets	67
Designing circular economy-compliant municipal solid waste management charging schemes	64
Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia	61
Good governance and energy justice: Pathways to human development	61
Addressing low-quality electricity service for low-income consumers: Empirical evidence from Brazil	60
Assessing the relationship between electricity theft and customer payment habits: A machine-learning approach	58
Exploratory analysis of the water governance frameworks regarding the OECD principles in two river basins in Brazil and Portugal	57
Outage-induced power backup choice in Pakistan	57
Measuring energy poverty in Argentina: The relevance of regional disparities and policies	56
Household energy poverty and personal time allocation: Empirical evidence from China	51
Navigating the transition: The impacts of electricity tariff regulation on distributed generation in Brazil	51
Household access to the public electricity grid in Cameroon: Analysis of connection determinants	48
Development and application of regional urban water security indicators	46
Feasibility analysis of implementing an On Bill Financing program to promote energy-efficiency in Dubai-UAE	46
Assessing the integration of planning instruments for urban land use and water service	44
A fair grid connection cost-sharing model for electricity based on the random forest machine learning method	42
An integrated model for electricity market coupling simulations: Evidence from the European power market crossroad	41

The electrification-social development nexus in Bangladesh: Do governmental policies matter?	41
A mixed-method analysis of New Zealand's smart meter rollout experience	38
A system dynamics framework to formulate energy policies for sustainable development in Ethiopia	36
Editorial Board	36
Cybersecurity and resilience in the swiss electricity sector: Status and policy options	36
Is China's energy transition pace driven by the supply-side or the demand-side?	36
Technological innovation and energy efficiency in central Eastern European countries	35
Inflation effects of oil and gas prices in the UK: Symmetries and asymmetries	34
The effect of temperatures on household electricity consumption in northern China: Evidence from smart meters	31
Is more competition better? Retail electricity prices and switching rates in the European Union	31
Editorial Board	29
An experiment in own-price elasticity estimation for non-residential electricity demand in the U.S.	28
Techno-economic optimization of PV-battery systems in five Australian states	28
Subsidizing solar energy in Indonesia: Evaluating the fossil fuel depletion premium as a revenue-neutral policy tool	27
Financial statement comparability and earnings management under alternative standards: A study of Brazilian electrification cooperatives	27
Screening for collusion in wholesale electricity markets: A literature review	26
Renewable energy communities and the ecological transition: A game theoretic bargaining approach	26
Policy and regulatory challenges in decentralised renewable energy deployment: Case studies from Nigeria, Liberia, and Malawi	26
Energy resource productivity and environmental quality: A quantile-on-quantile study of Latin America from 1990 to 2022	25
Evolution of smart grid cybersecurity: toward a systematic framework for collaborative and sustainable development	25
Comparative analysis of energy poverty definition and measurement in Portugal and Spain	25
Is it all about supply? Demand-side effects on the Spanish electricity market following Covid-19 lockdown policies	25
Transforming marginal-cost pricing: A blockchain approach to fundamental energy system dynamics	25
Urban broadband infrastructure and green total-factor energy efficiency in China	24
Editorial Board	24
Service quality performance indicators for electricity distribution in Brazil	24
Subnational perspectives on energy transition pathways for Mexico's electricity grid	24
A sustainability assessment of decentralized water supply systems in Bandung City, Indonesia	24
Assessing water conservation behaviour of India's urban households	23
A case study of financing zero-emission power-to-gas technologies in Spain	23
Regulating electricity spot markets during extreme events: The 2021 Texas case	23
A lifecycle-based indicator to support residual solid waste flow planning at the regional level	22
Does district heating affect residential property prices? Case study of an urban area in South Korea	22
Editorial Board	21
Influence of population mobility on electricity consumption in seven U.S. cities during the COVID-19 pandemic	21
Improving asset management in capital-intensive industries: Case study of a Portuguese water utility	21
Determinants of financial performance and sustainability in Namibia's electricity distribution sector	21
Forecasting of Türkiye's net electricity consumption with metaheuristic algorithms	20
Electricity system resilience: An integrated bibliometric and systematic literature review	20
Customer complaint management and smart technology adoption by community water systems	19
Detection of unauthorized consumption in water supply systems: A case study using logistic regression	19
Beyond coverage: Unveiling income and spatial inequalities in access to water and sanitation services in Chile	19
Open Water: Impacts of Retail Competition on Service Performance and Water-Use Efficiency in England	19
Regulatory pathways to a net-zero electricity system in Alberta	19
Policy note: Mobilising private capital for European grids	19
Asymmetric impact of green bonds on energy efficiency: Fresh evidence from quantile estimation	18
Transition to greener electricity and resource use impact on environmental quality: Policy based study from OECD countries	18
Incorporating nonrevenue water in the efficiency assessment of water supply utilities: A parametric enhanced hyperbolic distance function	18
The distributional effects of rural electrification on household welfare: Evidence from Senegal	18
Income elasticity of electricity demand in the context of Portugal’s energy transition	17

China's textbook approach to regulatory reform of the natural gas market	17
Modelling features and outcomes of Brazil's electricity tariff flag program	17
Socioeconomic drivers of residential electricity expenditures in India	17
Solving electric power distribution uncertainty using deep learning and incentive-based demand response	17
Assessing the public-private partnership handover: Experience from China's water sector	17
New avenues for community solar adoption research: A qualitative comparative analysis of ten U.S. states	17
Regulatory analysis of E-mobility for Brazil: A comparative review and outlook	16
No-queue road pricing: A comprehensive policy instrument for Europe?	16
Network optimization and deployment for carbon capture and storage in China's coal-fired power plants	16
Editorial Board	16
Water poverty in a ‘Hydro Nation’: Exploring distributional and recognitional water injustice in Scotland	16
Management efficiency of Chinese toll road operating companies and influencing factors	16
Governance and market dynamics of P2P energy trading: Enhancing national strategies in Malaysia and Thailand	16
Environmental benefits of energy poverty alleviation, renewable resources, and urbanization in North Africa	15
Impact of Spanish renewable support scheme reforms on the revenues of photovoltaic power plants	15
Transition mapping for modern energy service provision under uncertainty: A case study from Brazil	15
Are Brazilian water auction prices affordable for vulnerable families?	15
Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors	15
Integrating demand forecasting and deep reinforcement learning for real-time electric vehicle charging price optimization	15
Waste management, quality of life and natural resources utilization matter for renewable electricity generation: The main and moderate role of environmental policy	15
Drivers of mobile broadband pricing: Cross-national evidence on policy and market dynamics	15
A note on hydropower as a marginal price setter for Spain's electricity market in 2021–2022	14
Energy citizenship in northern Ghana: drivers of community engagement in the sustainable energy transitions	14
Seeing more than reading:The visual mode in utilities' sustainability reports	14
Can bureaucrats change light bulbs? Institutional constraints of energy poverty alleviation programs in Taiwan	14
Water democracy under European Union law: Requiring participatory services management	14
Measuring energy poverty by estimating the income elasticity of energy demand: An application to Kazakhstan	13
Agent-based modeling of residential photovoltaic adoption and diffusion: Implications for energy policy design	13
A SWOT analysis for the evolution of Brazil’s renewable energy sector	13
Efficient firms are all alike, but every inefficient firm is such in its own way: Heterogeneity of costs determinants in the Italian water sector	13
Renewable R&D investments and carbon emissions in G7 countries: The mediating roles of technology and economic efficiency	13
The impact of pollution information disclosure on household electricity consumption: Evidence from China	13
A multi-criteria model for measuring the sustainability orientation of Italian water utilities	13
Spatial analysis of energy communities and energy vulnerabilities in Spain	13
Evidence of supply security and sustainability challenges in Nigeria’s power sector	13
Enhancing energy transition in Egypt: The roles of water resources and digitalization	12
Motivating residents to save water based on the model of goal-directed behavior: Evidence from China	12
The impact of transparency policies on local flexibility markets in electric distribution networks	12
Common risk factors for Latin American electric utilities	12
The evolution of competitiveness in the Chilean mobile market	12
Do publicly owned companies have lower district heating prices? An empirical analysis for Germany	12
Editorial Board	12
Photovoltaic project investment based on the real options method: An analysis of the East China power grid region	11
Challenges of recycled water pricing	11
Economics of utility-scale batteries in Romania under various market conditions	11
Alternative operational modes for Chinese PV poverty alleviation power stations: Economic impacts on stakeholders	11
Insights from the N11 economies on drivers of the clean energy transition	11
Merit-order of dispatchable and variable renewable energy sources in Turkey's day-ahead electricity market	11
Corporate transitioning to electric vehicle fleets: charging tariffs, total cost of ownership, and the potential for load flexibility	11
On sharing the costs of public drinking water infrastructure renewal among users with different preferences	11
Possible paths for Mexico's electricity system in the clean energy transition	11
Assessing the role of green finance in sustainable energy investments by power utilities: Evidence from China	11
Is cognition of residential tiered pricing policy effective in reducing electricity consumption in China?	11
A novel TSO settlement scheme for the Frequency Containment Reserve Cooperation in Europe’s integrated electricity market	11
Editorial Board	11
Enhancing financial efficiency and receivable collection in the water sector: Insights from structural equation modeling	11
Modeling the impact of electric vehicle charging on Lisbon's electricity distribution network	10
Better safe than sorry? Stated preferences and the precautionary principle for securing drinking water quality in an Italian district	10
Retail electricity markets in Europe: Taking stock, looking ahead	10
Internalizing CO2 emissions in Spanish port efficiency analysis: A stochastic frontier approach with policy insights	10
A time aggregation approach for reducing identifiability in household energy data	10
Rethinking electricity demand-side response: Relational approaches to the challenge of residential flexibility in Italy	10
Public ownership and ESG policies: implications for firm productivity in local transportation	10
Energy knowledge and public response to restarting nuclear plants in Japan following the fukushima accident	10
Guiding electricity distribution system investments to improve service quality: A European study	10
Rural-urban inequality in drinking water accessibility as a socioeconomic outcome in Nigeria	10
Shaping electricity end-user behaviour for demand response using the COM-B model	10
Does information intervention influence residential waste-source separation behavior?	10
Defining and measuring active distribution system operators for the electricity and natural gas sectors	10
Household acceptance of solar water heaters in South Africa: An expectancy-disconfirmation model	10
Enhancing electricity distribution efficiency in Pakistan: A framework for progress and action	10
How are public utilities responding to electricity market restructuring and the energy transition? Lessons from Israel	10
Pragmatism as an approach for decision-making: Why two Kenyan water utilities opted for pre-paid water dispensers	10
Comparing multi-criteria models for ranking the Performance of India's water supply utilities	10
Optimal energy management system for a community microgrid: A case study from the Gambia	10
Techno-economic assessment of residential PV system tariff policies in Jordan	10
Efficiency and productivity of renewable energy technologies: Evidence from U.S. investor-owned utilities across regional markets	10
Understanding the variability of residential energy poverty in India	10
Renewable energy project implementation: Will the Baltic States catch up with the Nordic countries?	9
Driving industrial and economic growth in Central and Eastern Europe: The role of electricity infrastructure and renewable energy	9

The intertemporal unfairness of the feed-in tariff scheme in the United Kingdom: Catching up across regions	9
Clustered patterns of household water consumption in Portuguese municipalities: Do regional location and population trajectory matter?	9
A bi-level multi-objective optimization model for cross-provincial transfer fees to promote cooperation in renewable energy consumption	9
Does human capital complement sustainable development goals? Evidence from leading carbon emitter countries	9
An analysis of the interactions between daily electricity demand levels in France	9
European and US approaches to energy poverty: Classifying and evaluating design strategies	9
Implementing energy sharing in energy communities: A comparative legal analysis of Austria and Flanders	9
Replacing conventional energy resources with wind: An integrated economic, environmental, and social assessment	9
Toward a human-centered energy transition: Concepts, models, challenges, and research opportunities	9
Waste heat inconsistencies in the EU's energy legislation	9
Digital infrastructure investment and carbon emissions reduction based on the Broadband China policy	9
Effects of the circular economy, environmental policy, energy transition, and geopolitical risk on sustainable electricity generation	9
Clean energy transition in the Turkish power sector: A techno-economic analysis with a high-resolution power expansion model	9
Prepaid water meters and water distribution system improvement: A case study of Jenin city, Palestine	9
Management control by municipal utilities for value creation to achieve the sustainable development goals	9
Tariff flags and electricity consumption response in Brazil	9
Investment in vehicle-to-grid and distributed energy resources: Distributor versus prosumer perspectives and the impact of rate structures	9
Risk disclosure in sustainability reports: Empirical evidence from the energy sector	8
Collaborative governance challenges in energy efficiency and conservation: The case of Pennsylvania	8
Estimating production functions to determine the marginal economic value and price elasticity of water in the Chilean industrial sector	8
Consumer price effects of deregulated electric generation markets: The case of Ohio and the midwestern United States	8
Forecasting renewable energy utilization by Iran's water and wastewater industries	8
Water sector resilience in the United Kingdom and Ireland: The COVID-19 challenge	8
The sustainable economic growth implications of expanding the electricity network: can early investment reduce consumer costs and support greater GDP and jobs gains?	8
Microgrid operation strategies considering government subsidies and user preferences based on evolutionary games	8
Performance evaluation of China's photovoltaic poverty alleviation project using machine learning and satellite images	8
Renewable energy investment in China's new demonstration cities: A quasi-natural experiment	8
Economics and policy implications of residential photovoltaic systems in Italy's developed market	8
The impact of the delegated management model of urban piped service delivery on water quality in Kisumu, Kenya	8
Assessing eco-productivity change in Chilean municipal solid waste services	8
Local willingness to fund climate-resilient water utilities in a tourism-dependent region of Indonesia	8
Drivers and barriers to participation in Sweden's local flexibility markets for electricity	8
Communication strategies and consumer acceptance of utility-controlled heat pumps and electric vehicles	8
Design and implementation of a competitive framework for a day-ahead demand-response program in Iran	8
Decision-making by power generators with alternative carbon allowance trading pathways: A case study of China	8
Local flexibility markets based on grid segmentation	8
A regulatory robust conditional approach to measuring the efficiency of wholesale water supply and wastewater treatment services	8
Structural efficiency assessment of regional airports: Lessons from India	8
Positive or negative? A study on the synergistic effectiveness of policy interventions on residential waste minimization behavior in China	8
Analysis of hourly price granularity implementation in the Brazilian deregulated electricity contracting environment	8
Effectiveness of carbon emissions trading and renewable energy portfolio standards in the Chinese provincial and coupled electricity markets	8
Administrative congestion management meets electricity network regulation: Aligning incentives between the renewable generators and network operator	7
How demand-side management can shape electricity generation capacity planning	7
Efficient resource utilization of the electricity distribution sector using nonparametric data envelopment analysis and influential factors	7
Evolutionary game theory-based system dynamics modeling for community solid waste classification in China	7
Politico-economic determinants of the performance of electric cooperatives in the Philippines	7
Effects of relaxing South Korea's increasing-block electricity pricing structure on residential consumers	7
Analytical study of the operation and needs of Benin Republic's electricity sector	7
Governmental response to public complaints about solid waste sorting in China: Evidence from quasi-natural experiments	7
Modeling the impact of price and usage efficiency on domestic water demand in Saudi Arabia	7
Pricing and sharing rules for energy communities	7
An experimental approach to measuring consumer preferences for water charges	7
Endogenous and exogenous sources of efficiency in the management of Turkish airports	7
A clustering scheme for performance benchmarking in the regulation of electric distribution utilities in Iran	7
Grid assessment of community-driven renewable energy technology and storage integration in rural Yucatan, Mexico	7
Performance analytics for regulation in retail water utilities: Guiding asset management by identifying peers and targets	7
Privatization pathways in Brazilian water utilities: The role of financial standing	7
Greater than the sum: On regulating innovation in electricity distribution networks with externalities	7
Decentralized wastewater system practices in developing countries: A systematic review	7
Embedding broader values in the regulatory model: An analysis of Ofgem's consumer value proposition for the natural gas distribution sector	7
A robust benchmarking of direct margin in Italy's energy retail markets	7
Parallel or cross implementation? Carbon emission trading and renewable portfolio standards in China	7
Does upgrading household consumption affect the eco-efficiency of China's solid waste management as measured by emissions?	7
Reversing privatization: Political distortions and performance outcomes in Buenos Aires water services	7
Has benchmarking improved the performance of the Australian electricity distribution utilities? A meta-frontier model	7
Industrial electricity consumption efficiency and energy policy in Japan	7
Subsidized or subsidizing? Municipal drinking water service funds in California	7
Circular economy in the water and wastewater sector: Tariff impact and financial performance of SMARTechs	7
Competition and synergy effects of the horizontal integration for regional ports	7
Market share, plant ownership, and the merit-order effect of renewable resources: Evidence from Australia’s National Electricity Market	7
Pathways to a sustainable electricity sector in Kenya: Challenges and transformational factors	7
Artificial intelligence assets and energy markets: Risk correlation dynamics and determinants	6
Data integration in asset management of municipal pipe networks in Sweden: Challenges, gaps, and potential drivers	6
Can financial literacy Ease energy poverty? Some Lessons at the household level in China	6
How environmental policy stringency affects renewable energy investment? Implications for green investment horizons	6
Evolution of the EU legal framework for promoting RES-E: A market compatible paradigm shift?	6
Wholesale electricity market economics of solar generation in Israel	6
Smartening up: User experience with smart water metering infrastructure in an African city	6
Transitioning Iran's electricity sector: A system dynamics analysis of renewable energy acceleration and carbon capture strategies to 2040	6
Demand for grid-supplied electricity in the presence of distributed solar energy resources: Evidence from New York City	6
Drivers of district heating's dominance in Sweden's urban areas: A historical perspective	6
A system dynamics model of the investment capacity of China's power grid under the third regulatory cycle of transmission and distribution tariff reform	6
Water for daily life: Estimating basic household water needs in Lima and Quito	6
Modeling determinants of the environmental performance of urban transport infrastructure in six Chinese megacities	6
Sustainability disclosure and reporting by municipally owned water utilities	6
Dynamics and regional heterogeneity in the generation efficiency of Japan's photovoltaic power plants focusing on new market entrants	6
New energy-rich or still energy-poor? Evidence from selected African countries	6
Public utility ownership and in-kind trade policy in vertically related markets	6
Modeling electricity demand in China based on macro and micro-level methods	6
Financial inclusion and energy poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa	6
IoT implementation for energy system sustainability: The role of actors and related challenges	6
Generative literature analysis on the rise of prosumers and their influence on the sustainable energy transition	6
On the role of water utility governance for climate resilience: A Corporate Social Responsibility Directive approach	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
Real-life resilience: Exploring the organisational environment of international water utilities	6