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Electricity Distribution Networks: Investment and Regulation, and Uncertain Demand
No full textElectricity distribution networks are capital intensive systems and timely investments are crucial for long-term reliability of their service. In coming years, in the UK, and elsewhere in Europe, many networks are in need of extensive investments in their aging assets. Also, aspects of energy policy concerning climate change, renewable energy, energy
efficiency, demand side management (DSM), network energy loss reduction, quality of service standards, and security of supply require active, flexible, and smart networks that can be achieved through investments. This paper is a chapter in the forthcoming book "Jamasb T. and Pollitt, M. G. (2011) Eds., The Future of Electricity Demand: Customers, Citizens and
Loads, Cambridge University Press: Cambridge" and describes a network investment assessment model developed as a tool to identify and assess the investment requirements of distribution networks. A broadening of the scope of network investments to include demand-related measures that can reduce the need for investments
Moderation in all things: International comparisons of governance quality
No full textsponsorship: The author is from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. At various points the author has drawn on material from two projects he has been involved in over the past few years: EUROPAIR (2000-2004), which looked at performance management in executive agencies in four European countries, and CADS (2006-2008), which examined the development trajectories of performance measurement systems in healthcare in the Netherlands and the UK. Both projects were team efforts and both were supported by grants from the UK Economic and Social Research Council. For details of EUROPAIR, see Pollitt (2006b). For details of CADS, see Pollitt et al. (2010). The author is also grateful to a number of colleagues for comments on earlier drafts of this paper, including Frank Bannister, Colin Talbot, Wouter van Dooren, Steven van Roosbroek and Steven van de Walle. (UK Economic and Social Research Council)status: Publishe
The local dimension of energy
No full textIn this paper, we postulate that some of the best opportunities for reducing energy demand and carbon emissions are through stronger involvement and leadership from local government. We show that local government can and do have a significant impact on both energy production and energy consumption and are important participants for the implementation of distributed generation (DG). the progress being made by successful local governments can be narrowed to three key factors. First, they have all recognised the co-benefits of a local energy strategy: a reduction in fuel poverty, increased employment, improved quality of life and mitigation of uncertain fuel supplies and prices. Secondly, successful councils have strong political leadership and employee support to implement the structural change to bring about change. Thirdly, leading councils have gained momentum by working in partnership with utilities, private companies, NGO’s, DNO’s and government departments to raise finance and garner support. While climate change remains a global issue, some of the best strategies for mitigation are implemented at the local level
Women in politics
No full textFarai Chideya, commentator, NPR, and author, The Color of our Future: Race in the 21st Century and Katha Pollitt, Columnist, The Nation and author, Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories on the impact of race and gender on the 2008 election
Women in politics
No full textFarai Chideya, commentator, NPR, and author, The Color of our Future: Race in the 21st Century and Katha Pollitt, Columnist, The Nation and author, Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories on the impact of race and gender on the 2008 election
Electricity Market Liberalisation and Integration in the European Union
No full textElektrizitätswirtschaft, Stromnetz, Reform, Deregulierung, Europäische Integration, EU-Staaten, Electric utility industry, Electricity grid, Reform, Deregulation, European integration, EU countries
Technologies for a low-carbon electricity system: An assessment of the UK's technological issues and options
No full textHELP! I Need A Reference Librarian, An Archivist, And A Website Guru -- And I Found Them All In Belk Library!
No full textThis presentation demonstrates what happened when a Nursing Professor and a Health Sciences Librarian joined forces to build a nursing history website. At Appalachian State University’s Belk Library it sparked what became an ongoing collaboration with a giant snowball research effect involving website gurus, an archivist, graduate assistants, and more librarians. Five years later, multiple research products contributing to the history of nursing and health sciences have been produced: a successful $12,500 planning grant; statewide travel to repositories, archives, libraries, and museums; an award winning (twice!) nursing history website; video and audio nurses oral history projects; an article on the founding of health institutions submitted for publication; and a nursing history digital collection. As a result of our work, several of us have presented at conferences and meetings such as at the North Carolina Public Health Association Meeting, North Carolina Nurse Association Convention, Western Carolina University, East Tennessee State University VA Medical Museum, Appalachian Studies Association, and the North Carolina Association of Historians. Many of the oral histories on the website were the result of work performed by an ASU history graduate class. The research that went into creating the website was the foundation for a recently published book, “History of professional nursing in NC 1902-2002” by Dr. Phoebe Pollitt. We shared our experiences, the ups and the downs, with project planning, lessons learned, best practices for librarians as partners in the academic research process, and our hopes for further research and collaboration
Incentive Regulation of Electricity Distribution Networks: Lessons of Experience from Britain
No full textThis paper reviews the recent experience of the UK electricity distribution sector under incentive regulation. The UK has a significant and transparent history in implementing incentive regulation in the period since 1990. We demonstrate the successes of this period in reducing costs, prices and energy losses while maintaining quality of service. We also draw out the lessons for other countries in implementing distribution sector reform. We conclude by discussing the place of incentive regulation of networks within the wider reform context, the required legislative framework, the need for appropriate unbundling, the importance of quality of service incentives, the regulatory information requirements and the role of sector rationalisation.Electricity, liberalisation, regulation, benchmarking
Author Correction:Climate–carbon cycle uncertainties and the Paris Agreement
No full textIn the version of this Article originally published, H. Pollit’s name was incorrectly listed as H. E. Pollit (H.E.P.) throughout the paper, this has been corrected to H. Pollitt (H.P.) in the online versions of this Article
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