OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Utilities Policy is 8. 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 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)

Article	Citations
The efficiency of post-reform water utilities in Mexico	197
Administrative congestion management meets electricity network regulation: Aligning incentives between the renewable generators and network operator	128
Industrial electricity consumption efficiency and energy policy in Japan	105
Malaysia’s electricity market structure in transition	94
A smart meter data-driven distribution utility rate model for networks with prosumers	80
Seeing more than reading:The visual mode in utilities' sustainability reports	58
Efficient resource utilization of the electricity distribution sector using nonparametric data envelopment analysis and influential factors	54
Initiating data-as-a-service adoption in water utilities: A service design approach	52
Responsiveness of water-sector regulation in Brazil to the Covid-19 pandemic: A view through the human rights lens	51
Natural hazard risk management in the Chilean drinking water industry: Diagnosis and recommendations	45
Quality performance gaps and minimal electricity losses in East Africa	43
Exploring tax-related sustainability reporting by electric utilities	42
Operating in the shadowland: Why water utilities fail to manage decaying infrastructure	42
Editorial Board	40
Validity of decision criteria for selecting power-to-gas projects in Poland	40
Ways to promote investments in sustainable energy utilities in the central Asian regional economic cooperation program region	39
Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia	37
The moderating role of remittances in the energy security-poverty nexus in developing countries	37
Has benchmarking improved the performance of the Australian electricity distribution utilities? A meta-frontier model	36
Transition mapping for modern energy service provision under uncertainty: A case study from Brazil	35
Cost efficiency of Tunisian water utility districts: Does heterogeneity matter?	35
Powershifts, organisational value, and water management: Digital transformation of Ghana's public water utility	32
Regulatory incentives for transmission system operators under flow-based market coupling	29
The critical drivers of the Brazilian electricity sector's transition through 2050: A Delphi study	28
A note on hydropower as a marginal price setter for Spain's electricity market in 2021–2022	26

Subsidized or subsidizing? Municipal drinking water service funds in California	25
Efficacies of technological progress and renewable energy transition in amplifying national electrification rates: contextual evidence from developing countries	25
Underpinnings of consumer preferences and participation in Japan's liberalized energy market	25
An experimental approach to measuring consumer preferences for water charges	24
Institutional capacity determinants in a global south city: the case of a wastewater utility in Zacatecas, Mexico	24
Legislative reforms and market dynamics in the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in Spain	23
A social science perspective on conflicts in the energy transition: An introduction to the special issue	23
Endogenous and exogenous sources of efficiency in the management of Turkish airports	23
Awareness of coping costs and willingness to pay for urban drinking water service: Evidence from Lahore, Pakistan	22
Editorial Board	21
Editorial Board	21
Sustainability reporting and public value: Evidence from port authorities	21
Impact of Spanish renewable support scheme reforms on the revenues of photovoltaic power plants	20
Water democracy under European Union law: Requiring participatory services management	20
Stakeholder management mapping to improve public-private partnership success in emerging country water projects: Indonesia’s experience	20
Editorial Board	20
How demand-side management can shape electricity generation capacity planning	20
Assessing the effect of increasing block tariffs for residential natural gas in Hefei City, China	19
Communication strategies and consumer acceptance of utility-controlled heat pumps and electric vehicles	19
Electricity production, government effectiveness eco-innovation, and public health: Novel findings in the context of sustainability policies	19
An integrated system dynamics model of electricity production, consumption, and export policy in Iran considering carbon emissions	19
Assessing regulatory governance for the water and sanitation Agencies in Brazil	19
Strategies to reduce postal network access points: from demographic to spatial distribution criteria	18
Does upgrading household consumption affect the eco-efficiency of China's solid waste management as measured by emissions?	18
A multi-criteria model for measuring the sustainability orientation of Italian water utilities	18
Rainwater harvesting for domestic use: A systematic review and outlook from the utility policy and management perspectives	17
Estimating the cost of equity for the regulated energy and infrastructure sectors in India	17
Improvement of customer baselines for the evaluation of demand response through the use of physically-based load models	17
Measuring the eco-efficiency of municipal solid waste service: A fuzzy DEA model for handling missing data	17
Efficient firms are all alike, but every inefficient firm is such in its own way: Heterogeneity of costs determinants in the Italian water sector	16
Sustainable energy policy, socio-economic development, and ecological footprint: The economic significance of natural resources, population growth, and industrial development	16
Operational concerns and solutions in smart electricity distribution systems	16
Implementing automated residential demand response in South Korea: Consumer preferences and market potential	16
Energetic Equilibrium: Optimizing renewable and non-renewable energy sources via particle swarm optimization	16
Exploring the impact of boundedly rational power plant investment decision-making by applying prospect theory	16
European roadmaps to achieving 2030 renewable energy targets	15
Performance analytics for regulation in retail water utilities: Guiding asset management by identifying peers and targets	15
Opportunities and challenges for small-scale flexibility in European electricity markets	15
Evolutionary game theory-based system dynamics modeling for community solid waste classification in China	15
The efficacy of stress coping strategies in Taiwan's public utilities during the COVID-19 pandemic	15
Electricity from renewable energy resources: Sustainable energy transition and emissions for developed economies	15
A data-driven approach to reduce electricity theft in developing countries	15
Designing circular economy-compliant municipal solid waste management charging schemes	15
Benchmarking the efficiency of natural gas distribution utilities in Italy considering size, ownership, and maturity	15
Has retail competition reduced residential electricity prices in Texas?	14
Environmental legislation and waste management efficiency in Italian regions in view of circular economy goals	14
Sustainable green electricity, technological innovation, and ecological footprint: Does democratic accountability moderate the nexus?	14
Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors	14
Developing a global sustainable electricity use index using the pressure-state-response framework	13
Preserving competition and economic welfare in Israel's PV market	13

Monte Carlo simulation of community microgrid operation: Business prospects in the Brazilian regulatory framework	13
Pathways to a sustainable electricity sector in Kenya: Challenges and transformational factors	13
Does internet use promote clean energy use for cooking by women-headed rural households in China?	13
Politico-economic determinants of the performance of electric cooperatives in the Philippines	13
Possible paths for Mexico's electricity system in the clean energy transition	13
The nexus of electricity infrastructure investment, household income, and carbon emissions in rural China	13
Enhancing financial efficiency and receivable collection in the water sector: Insights from structural equation modeling	13
Snapshot review of refuse-derived fuels	13
The role of sustainable energy utility, natural resource utilization and waste management in reducing energy poverty: Evidence from South Asian countries	12
Circular economy in the water and wastewater sector: Tariff impact and financial performance of SMARTechs	12
Profit productivity change in the English and Welsh water sector: Impact of the price reviews	12
Can privatization of distribution substations improve electricity reliability for non-residential customers? An application to Nepal	12
Cost and productivity effects of demographic changes on local water service	12
The impact of transparency policies on local flexibility markets in electric distribution networks	12
Local-level ownership of electricity grids: An analysis of Germany's distribution system operators (DSOs)	12
Public utility vehicle service quality and customer satisfaction in the Philippines during the COVID-19 pandemic	12
Household electricity demand in Latin America and the Caribbean: A meta-analysis of price elasticity	12
Feasibility analysis of implementing an On Bill Financing program to promote energy-efficiency in Dubai-UAE	12
Grid investment and subsidy tradeoffs in renewable electricity auctions	12
Cross-sector sustainability benchmarking of major utilities in the United Kingdom	11
Outage-induced power backup choice in Pakistan	11
Editorial Board	11
Exploratory analysis of the water governance frameworks regarding the OECD principles in two river basins in Brazil and Portugal	11
The value of distributed flexibility for reducing generation and network reinforcement costs	11
A coordinated approach for a three-echelon solar-wind energy supply with government intervention	11
Evidence of supply security and sustainability challenges in Nigeria’s power sector	11
Economics, ideology, and the creation and performance of state-owned electricity utilities in Australia, 1900 to 1950	11
Service quality and the share of renewable energy in electricity generation	10
The Brazilian electricity market architecture: An analysis of instruments and misalignments	10
Greater than the sum: On regulating innovation in electricity distribution networks with externalities	10
Evaluation of the multi-dimensional growth potential of China's public charging facilities for electric vehicles through 2030	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
Water company productivity change: A disaggregated approach accounting for changes in inputs and outputs	10
Iran's day-ahead electricity market: Structural assessment and solutions	10
Challenges of recycled water pricing	10
Measuring the productivity growth of Malaysia's water sector: Implications for regulatory reform	10
Three decades of Indian power-sector reform:A critical assessment	10
Developer behavior in local infrastructure provision in Indonesia: Implications for policy	10
Investigating how board gender diversity affects environmental, social and governance performance: Evidence from the utilities sector	10
Social equity implications of advanced water metering infrastructure	10
Path to clean and sustainable energy from nuclear and renewable sources: Evidence from France	9
Addressing low-quality electricity service for low-income consumers: Empirical evidence from Brazil	9
Economic sustainability and social inclusion in rural electrical grid design	9
Are Spanish ports efficient and profitable? A quantitative analysis	9
Household attitudes toward wastewater recycling in Saudi Arabia	9
Influence of market structures on concession pricing in Public-Private-Partnership utilities with asymmetric information	9
A hybrid knowledge-based method for pipe renewal planning in Water Distribution Systems with limited data: Application to Iran	9
Forecasting electricity consumption of OECD countries: A global machine learning modeling approach	9
Projects of common interest? Evaluation of European electricity interconnectors	9
District heating network ownership and prices: The case of an unregulated natural monopoly	9
Stakeholder engagement in the public utility sector: Evidence from Italian ESG reports	8
Service quality, technical efficiency and total factor productivity growth in Pakistan's post-reform electricity distribution companies	8
Efficiency benchmarking of Irish and North Atlantic Spanish ports: Implications for blue growth	8
Reinventing European air traffic control based on the covid-19 pandemic experience	8
Does a zero-waste strategy in sustainable urban waste management affect hierarchy targets and costs?	8
Ownership and sustainability of Italian water utilities: The stakeholder role	8
Mind the gap: Community member perceptions of shortcomings in diversity and inclusivity of local energy projects in Germany	8
Photovoltaic project investment based on the real options method: An analysis of the East China power grid region	8
Inclusivity, resilience, and circular economy of water services: Embracing a sustainable water future	8
Sustainable development indicators for electric power generation companies in Ecuador: A case study	8
Optimal grid tariffs with heterogeneous prosumers	8
On-street toilets for sanitation access in urban public spaces: A systematic review	8
Heterogeneous analysis of energy consumption, financial development, and pollution in Africa: The relevance of regulatory quality	8
A shortage pricing mechanism for capacity remuneration with simulation for the Greek electricity balancing market	8
Measuring the price impact of price-cap regulation among Canadian electricity distribution utilities	8
Exploring the asymmetric impact of sustainability reporting on financial performance in the utilities sector: A longitudinal comparative analysis	8
Endogenous competition with an integrated public utility firm under an output subsidy policy	8
Wind of change: Small-scale electricity production and distribution-grid efficiency in Sweden	8