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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Editorial Board	195
Ways to promote investments in sustainable energy utilities in the central Asian regional economic cooperation program region	134
Opportunities and challenges for small-scale flexibility in European electricity markets	108
Legislative reforms and market dynamics in the provision of urban water service by private contract operators in Spain	97
Assessing the effect of increasing block tariffs for residential natural gas in Hefei City, China	78
Designing circular economy-compliant municipal solid waste management charging schemes	73
Excess demand or excess supply? A comparison of renewable energy certificate markets in the United Kingdom and Australia	72
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	68
Assessing the relationship between electricity theft and customer payment habits: A machine-learning approach	63
Navigating the transition: The impacts of electricity tariff regulation on distributed generation in Brazil	60
Feasibility analysis of implementing an On Bill Financing program to promote energy-efficiency in Dubai-UAE	60
Evaluation of the multi-dimensional growth potential of China's public charging facilities for electric vehicles through 2030	55
Household access to the public electricity grid in Cameroon: Analysis of connection determinants	54
Exploratory analysis of the water governance frameworks regarding the OECD principles in two river basins in Brazil and Portugal	54
Good governance and energy justice: Pathways to human development	52
Outage-induced power backup choice in Pakistan	52
Addressing low-quality electricity service for low-income consumers: Empirical evidence from Brazil	51
Reinventing European air traffic control based on the covid-19 pandemic experience	51
Water governance models for meeting sustainable development Goals:A structured literature review	50
Household energy poverty and personal time allocation: Empirical evidence from China	46
A fair grid connection cost-sharing model for electricity based on the random forest machine learning method	44
Characterizing flexibility in power markets and systems	44
Assessing the integration of planning instruments for urban land use and water service	43
An integrated model for electricity market coupling simulations: Evidence from the European power market crossroad	36
A review of global research on private investment in the water sector	36

Optimal policies for electromobility: Joint assessment of transport and electricity distribution costs in Norway	35
The electrification-social development nexus in Bangladesh: Do governmental policies matter?	35
A system dynamics framework to formulate energy policies for sustainable development in Ethiopia	34
Technological innovation and energy efficiency in central Eastern European countries	33
A mixed-method analysis of New Zealand's smart meter rollout experience	32
Cybersecurity and resilience in the swiss electricity sector: Status and policy options	32
Development and application of regional urban water security indicators	31
Inflation effects of oil and gas prices in the UK: Symmetries and asymmetries	30
Is it all about supply? Demand-side effects on the Spanish electricity market following Covid-19 lockdown policies	30
Subnational perspectives on energy transition pathways for Mexico's electricity grid	29
A sustainability assessment of decentralized water supply systems in Bandung City, Indonesia	29
Energy resource productivity and environmental quality: A quantile-on-quantile study of Latin America from 1990 to 2022	28
Transforming marginal-cost pricing: A blockchain approach to fundamental energy system dynamics	27
Service quality performance indicators for electricity distribution in Brazil	27
Public-sector reform: Lessons from the privatisation experiment in Greece	26
Factors influencing residential water consumption in Wallonia, Belgium	26
An experiment in own-price elasticity estimation for non-residential electricity demand in the U.S.	26
Screening for collusion in wholesale electricity markets: A literature review	25
Urban broadband infrastructure and green total-factor energy efficiency in China	25
Is more competition better? Retail electricity prices and switching rates in the European Union	25
The distributional effects of rural electrification on household welfare: Evidence from Senegal	24
Open questions for public water management: Discussions from Uruguay's restatization process	24
Comparative analysis of energy poverty definition and measurement in Portugal and Spain	24
Editorial Board	23
Does district heating affect residential property prices? Case study of an urban area in South Korea	23
Improving asset management in capital-intensive industries: Case study of a Portuguese water utility	23
Estimating stranded coal assets in China's power sector	22
Regulating electricity spot markets during extreme events: The 2021 Texas case	22
Influence of population mobility on electricity consumption in seven U.S. cities during the COVID-19 pandemic	21
Transition to greener electricity and resource use impact on environmental quality: Policy based study from OECD countries	21
Incorporating nonrevenue water in the efficiency assessment of water supply utilities: A parametric enhanced hyperbolic distance function	21
Asymmetric impact of green bonds on energy efficiency: Fresh evidence from quantile estimation	20
A lifecycle-based indicator to support residual solid waste flow planning at the regional level	20
Detection of unauthorized consumption in water supply systems: A case study using logistic regression	19
Assessing water conservation behaviour of India's urban households	19
A case study of financing zero-emission power-to-gas technologies in Spain	19
Forecasting of Türkiye's net electricity consumption with metaheuristic algorithms	19
Customer complaint management and smart technology adoption by community water systems	18
Modelling features and outcomes of Brazil's electricity tariff flag program	18
Open Water: Impacts of Retail Competition on Service Performance and Water-Use Efficiency in England	18
No-queue road pricing: A comprehensive policy instrument for Europe?	18
Electricity system resilience: An integrated bibliometric and systematic literature review	18
Editorial Board	18
Environmental benefits of energy poverty alleviation, renewable resources, and urbanization in North Africa	18
Payback of natural gas turbines: A retrospective analysis with implications for decarbonizing grids	17
Socioeconomic drivers of residential electricity expenditures in India	17
New avenues for community solar adoption research: A qualitative comparative analysis of ten U.S. states	16
Solving electric power distribution uncertainty using deep learning and incentive-based demand response	16
Water poverty in a ‘Hydro Nation’: Exploring distributional and recognitional water injustice in Scotland	16
Drivers of mobile broadband pricing: Cross-national evidence on policy and market dynamics	16

Regulatory analysis of E-mobility for Brazil: A comparative review and outlook	16
Assessing the public-private partnership handover: Experience from China's water sector	16
Multi-criteria decision support: A case study of Southeast Europe power systems	16
China's textbook approach to regulatory reform of the natural gas market	15
Water democracy under European Union law: Requiring participatory services management	15
A data-driven approach to reduce electricity theft in developing countries	15
Impact of Spanish renewable support scheme reforms on the revenues of photovoltaic power plants	15
Are Brazilian water auction prices affordable for vulnerable families?	15
Transition mapping for modern energy service provision under uncertainty: A case study from Brazil	15
Waste management, quality of life and natural resources utilization matter for renewable electricity generation: The main and moderate role of environmental policy	15
Agent-based modeling of residential photovoltaic adoption and diffusion: Implications for energy policy design	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
A note on hydropower as a marginal price setter for Spain's electricity market in 2021–2022	15
Efficiency of water service management alternatives in Spain considering environmental factors	15
Management efficiency of Chinese toll road operating companies and influencing factors	15
Measuring energy poverty by estimating the income elasticity of energy demand: An application to Kazakhstan	15
Common risk factors for Latin American electric utilities	14
Spatial analysis of energy communities and energy vulnerabilities in Spain	14
Editorial Board	14
A multi-criteria model for measuring the sustainability orientation of Italian water utilities	14
Is cognition of residential tiered pricing policy effective in reducing electricity consumption in China?	14
Can bureaucrats change light bulbs? Institutional constraints of energy poverty alleviation programs in Taiwan	14
Seeing more than reading:The visual mode in utilities' sustainability reports	14
A novel TSO settlement scheme for the Frequency Containment Reserve Cooperation in Europe’s integrated electricity market	13
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
Enhancing financial efficiency and receivable collection in the water sector: Insights from structural equation modeling	13
Evidence of supply security and sustainability challenges in Nigeria’s power sector	13
Merit-order of dispatchable and variable renewable energy sources in Turkey's day-ahead electricity market	13
The impact of pollution information disclosure on household electricity consumption: Evidence from China	13
Challenges of recycled water pricing	13
Possible paths for Mexico's electricity system in the clean energy transition	13
Assessing the role of green finance in sustainable energy investments by power utilities: Evidence from China	13
Do publicly owned companies have lower district heating prices? An empirical analysis for Germany	13
Renewable R&D investments and carbon emissions in G7 countries: The mediating roles of technology and economic efficiency	13
The impact of transparency policies on local flexibility markets in electric distribution networks	13
Alternative operational modes for Chinese PV poverty alleviation power stations: Economic impacts on stakeholders	12
Performance assessment of the Chilean water sector: A network data envelopment analysis approach	12
The status of and opportunities for utility-scale battery storage in Australia: A regulatory and market perspective	12
Editorial Board	12
Better safe than sorry? Stated preferences and the precautionary principle for securing drinking water quality in an Italian district	12
From pragmatic to politicized? The future of water remunicipalization in the United States	12
Pragmatism as an approach for decision-making: Why two Kenyan water utilities opted for pre-paid water dispensers	12
Economics of utility-scale batteries in Romania under various market conditions	12
Techno-economic assessment of residential PV system tariff policies in Jordan	12
Household acceptance of solar water heaters in South Africa: An expectancy-disconfirmation model	11
Comparing multi-criteria models for ranking the Performance of India's water supply utilities	11
Defining and measuring active distribution system operators for the electricity and natural gas sectors	11
Understanding the variability of residential energy poverty in India	11
Efficiency and productivity of renewable energy technologies: Evidence from U.S. investor-owned utilities across regional markets	11
On sharing the costs of public drinking water infrastructure renewal among users with different preferences	11
Rural-urban inequality in drinking water accessibility as a socioeconomic outcome in Nigeria	11
Does information intervention influence residential waste-source separation behavior?	11
Guiding electricity distribution system investments to improve service quality: A European study	11
How are public utilities responding to electricity market restructuring and the energy transition? Lessons from Israel	10
A time aggregation approach for reducing identifiability in household energy data	10
Enhancing electricity distribution efficiency in Pakistan: A framework for progress and action	10
Waste heat inconsistencies in the EU's energy legislation	10
Promoting efficient district heating in Estonia	10
Economics and policy implications of residential photovoltaic systems in Italy's developed market	10
Clustered patterns of household water consumption in Portuguese municipalities: Do regional location and population trajectory matter?	10
Energy knowledge and public response to restarting nuclear plants in Japan following the fukushima accident	10
Prepaid water meters and water distribution system improvement: A case study of Jenin city, Palestine	10
Management control by municipal utilities for value creation to achieve the sustainable development goals	10
Community Energy in Germany – Bowling Alone in Elite Clubs?	10
An analysis of the interactions between daily electricity demand levels in France	10
Tariff flags and electricity consumption response in Brazil	10
Public ownership and ESG policies: implications for firm productivity in local transportation	10
The nexus between information technology and environmental pollution: Application of a new machine learning algorithm to OECD countries	10
Investment in vehicle-to-grid and distributed energy resources: Distributor versus prosumer perspectives and the impact of rate structures	10
Clean energy transition in the Turkish power sector: A techno-economic analysis with a high-resolution power expansion model	10
Does human capital complement sustainable development goals? Evidence from leading carbon emitter countries	10
Renewable energy project implementation: Will the Baltic States catch up with the Nordic countries?	10