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Professor Dieter Helm is an economist specialising in utilities, infrastructure, regulation and the environment, and concentrating on the energy, water, communications and transport sectors primarily in Britain and Europe. He is a Professor at the University of Oxford, Fellow of New College, Oxford, and a Professorial Research Fellow of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

In December 2015, Dieter was reappointed as Independent Chair of the Natural Capital Committee.

Dieter's recent books include: Burn Out: The Endgame for Fossil Fuels, The Carbon crunch: Revised and Updated and Natural Capital: Valuing the Planet. These books were published by Yale University Press.

Nature in the Balance, edited with Cameron Hepburn, was published in early 2014 by Oxford University Press. Links below to other titles.

During 2011, Dieter assisted the European Commission in preparing the Energy Roadmap 2050, serving both as a special advisor to the European Commissioner for Energy and as Chairman of the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on the Roadmap. He also assisted the Polish government in their presidency of the European Union Council.

Previous appointments include: membership of the DTI's Sustainable Energy Policy Advisory Board from 2002 to 2007, the Prime Minister's Council of Science and Technology from 2004 to 2007, Chairman of the Academic Panel, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs until 2012; and the DTI's Energy Advisory Panel from 1993 to 2003.

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Dieter is an Associate Editor of the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. He is a Director of Aurora Energy Research, a leading energy modelling company. Dieter is an Honorary Vice President of the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.

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Latest Publications

Waste Policy - tidying up the mess we are in

May 18, 2017

Environment Publication

Out-of-sight and out-of-mind could be the motto of waste policy over the last few decades. We have dumped sewerage in our rivers and offshore, rubbish has gone to landfill sites, plastics into the sea and nuclear waste to storage sites. The results are..

Publication Energy Why intervention on energy tariffs is needed and how to do it without undermining competition
April 25, 2017
No one should be surprised that there are howls of protest and massive lobbying from ...
Publication Energy Not so smart - what has gone wrong with the smart meter programme and how to fix it
March 24, 2017
Like the Green Deal, the smart meter programme started out as a good idea, but has be...
Publication Regulation Policy by lists – the Green Paper and the new industrial strategy
March 17, 2017
Regulation grows. It is never reaches a stable equilibrium. There are always more thi...

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about 9 days ago

Down goes the oil price as predicted in Burn Out. Now well below $50. So much for the OPEC and Russian production cuts. More falls to come.

Presentation Energy Retail Prices & Regulation
May 30, 2017
Video presentation for South East Europe Commision, REKK Foundation
Presentation Environment Natural Capital & Sustainable Economic Growth
May 24, 2017
Presentation for University of Oxford, Plant Science department