Archive of Publications

Publication Energy Stranded Assets - a deceptively simple and flawed idea
October 22, 2015

The stranded assets argument has an elegant simplicity. Start with a maximum of 2 degrees warming. Work backwards to the total amount of additional carbon dioxide that can be emitted, consistent with this constraint. Compare this with the booked reserves
Video Environment Natural Capital, Water and Catchments
October 1, 2015

Presentation for CIWEM: Valuing the Environment - Putting Natural Capital into practice
Publication Transport What to do about the railways?
September 22, 2015

Despite the sharp rise in demand and therefore revenue, it is widely agreed that the railways are in a mess. A significant proportion of the electorate think that renationalisation is the answer, and indeed Network Rail itself has been renationalised. Alt
Publication Energy Reforming the FiTs and capacity mechanisms: the 2-stage capacity auction
September 3, 2015

Back in 2010, as Energy Market Reform (EMR) was getting going, I proposed a 2-stage auction as a way of combining mechanisms for meeting the carbon targets with the maintenance of a sufficient security margin. The first stage would be open to all, and the
Publication Energy The first 100 days of Conservative energy policy
August 24, 2015

Amber Rudd, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, has had a very busy start. She has ended new subsidies for onshore wind, reined back the Green Deal, removed the exemption from tax for renewables, ended the zero-carbon homes plan, removed
Publication Energy Penalty tariffs, open-ended regulation and embedding overcharging
July 20, 2015

When, in the face of the sustained attacks from Labour’s Ed Miliband and Caroline Flint, OFGEM referred the electricity industry to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), many hoped the result would settle the controversies once and for all, restori
Video Energy Evaluating the Impact of new Technologies - The end of the traditional utility model
June 25, 2015

Presentation for NEM Future Forum 2015
Publication Climate Change The Carbon Crunch - Revised and Updated
June 15, 2015

Hard hitting analysis of how and why we have failed to tackle climate change, and how we can bridge the gap between aspiration and delivery.
Video Environment Introduction to Natural Capital
May 12, 2015
Publication Environment Natural Capital - Valuing the Planet
May 12, 2015

A clear, insightful, path breaking account of the crises in global natural capital and what we can do in economic and political terms to reverse the destruction of our environment
Publication Water Water Catchment management, abstraction and flooding: the case for a catchment system operator and coordinated competition
May 7, 2015

Since 2010 there have been a number of piecemeal reforms and developments across the water sector. These have included: the periodic review of the water and sewerage companies; the provision of further financing for the Environment Agency to address flood
Publication Environment In defence of the Green Belt
April 20, 2015

A growing band of economists and geographers have been arguing the Green Belt is no longer fit for purpose and that it should be opened up for housing development. The argument is based upon a chain of assertions and purports to be based upon sound econom
Publication Regulation Regulatory credibility and the irresistible urge to meddle
April 16, 2015

When the great utilities were being privatised, one of the key objectives was to establish a regulatory regime which would be credible to investors and fair to customers. The way it worked was that the companies would be given fixed contracts ex ante, and
Video Environment Natural Capital, Biodiversity & Environmental Restoration
April 15, 2015
Presentation Energy Geopolitics, the end of the commodity super cycle and climate change
April 15, 2015

Presentation for Flame Conference in Amsterdam, April 2015
Video Energy Will Coal remain an investible asset over the next 20 years?
March 27, 2015
Presentation Energy What will the energy market look like after the CMA inquiry?
March 26, 2015

Presentation for the Future of Utilities conference on the 26th March 2015. What will the energy market look like after the CMA inquiry?
Publication Energy The Coalition Effect - Energy Policy and the Coalition
March 20, 2015

The Coalition came to power with a ready-made energy policy developed under Labour. The Secretary of State was Ed Miliband, and his policy as it played out under the Coalition was to prove the basis of a return to a level of state intervention not seen si
Presentation Environment Natural Capital
March 13, 2015

Envecon Slides from 13th March Presentation at the Applied Environmental Economics Conference.
Video Climate Change Climate Change and carbon pricing
March 10, 2015

Presentation for The Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) United Nations Secretariat

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