Publications in: Energy economics

Modelling EU Electricity Market Competition Using the Residual Supply Index

Published: May, 2008

This LE Working Paper reports on research undertaken by LE and others for the European Commission inquiry into the state of competition in the EU’s electricity markets. It also presents new analysis on the economic foundations of the Residual Supply Index as a market structure variable.  From 2005 to 2007

Determinants of Prices and Margins in the EU’s Major Electricity Markets

Published: October, 2007

European Global Energy Symposium, Lisbon, October 9, 2007.

Consolidation in Electricity Markets in CEE: The Case of Hungary

Published: July, 2007

Gas and Power in Central & Eastern Europe Conference, Vienna, July 5-6, 2007.

Structure and Performance of Six European Wholesale Electricity Markets in 2003, 2004, and 2005

Published: February, 2007

The report provides an in-depth assessment of the electricity wholesale markets in Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, the Netherlands and Great Britain with a view to determining how competitive markets were in 2003, 2004 and 2005. The report provides summary key results for traditional market structural indicators, electricity-specific measures of market structure and market outcome measures. […]

Incentive Proposals for Quality of Service Measures in Finnish Electricity Distribution

Published: November, 2006

This report, prepared for the Energy Market Authority of Finland (EMV) reviews how customer quality of service be regulated and recommends that the regulation include some form of incentives that result in rewards or penalties if measured targets are not met. It also proposes that specific regulations be enacted for separate service categories and reviews […]

Barriers to Entry in Belgium’s Electricity Generation Market

Published: 2006

“Barriers to Entry in Belgium’s Electricity Generation Market”, in Van der Linden, J., (Ed.), “Reforming network industries: experiences in Europe and Belgium. Highlights of Conference ‘The Lisbon strategy: a motor for market reforms of the network industries’”. Federal Planning Bureau, Central Council for the Economy and European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, 2006. Muller, P., Salsas, […]

Structure and Functioning of the Electricity Market in Belgium in a European Perspective

Published: October, 2004

London Economics was commissioned by the General Council of the “Commission fédérale de Régulation de l’Electricité et du Gaz” (CREG) to analyse whether, and to what extent, the current federal regulation makes the markets for production, trading and supply of electricity competitive or potentially competitive and, if not, what remedies could be implemented. The report […]

London Economics Review of European Union Electricity Markets

Published: April, 2003

This study reviews the regulatory regimes in the EU member states and examines how the differences in regulatory policy and openness to investment are likely to have had an impact on new investment.

The Importance of Well Functioning Retail Markets for Creating Competitive Wholesale Electricity Markets

Published: June, 1999

The Electricity Journal, June 1999. Goulding, A., Rufin, C. and Swinand, G.

Real Options: Valuing Nuclear Generation with the Option to Shut Down

Published: 1999

Bridge Strategy Quarterly, Fall 1999. Swinand, G. and Swinand, P.