The Energy Policy Group at the University of Exeter provides an academic hub for the interdisciplinary study of energy policy. We place sustainability and change at the heart of debates about energy policy and governance. We work collaboratively with stakeholders and researchers on the economics and politics of energy to find new and innovative approaches for enabling the transition to a low carbon, sustainable and affordable energy system. Find out more about our team, vision and work here. We are part of ExeterEnergy.
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Rachel Bray, Thomas Pownall, Catherine Mitchell and Bridget Woodman
Submission to ENA Future Worlds: Impact Assessment Consultation
May 2019 | Submission to ENA | PDF
Richard Lowes
Beyond Peak Heat
April 2019 | EPG Blog | Link
Jess Britton and Caroline Kuzemko
Local government sustainable energy capacities: Scale, context and materiality
April 2019 | Presentation to UKERC Annual Conference: Local Energy Systems in National and International Contexts | Slides
Richard Lowes, Bridget Woodman and Oscar Fitch-Roy
Policy change, power and the development of Great Britain's Renewable Heat Incentive
April 2019 | Energy Policy | Link
Richard Lowes
Whole Energy Systems and Net Zero for Kernow
April 2019 | Presentation to Cornwall Council | Slides
Emily Judson
AI in energy: is it as smart as you think? Part Three
April 2019 | EPG Blog | Link
Oscar Fitch-Roy, David Benson and Bridget Woodman
Policy Instrument Supply and Demand: How the Renewable Electricity Auction took over the World
March 2019 | Journal of Politics and Governance | Link
Emily Judson
AI in energy: is it as smart as you think?
March 2019 | EPG Blog | Link
Richard Lowes
Decarbonising heat - 10 policy steps to drive a low carbon heat market
March 2019 | EPG Blog | Link
Emily Judson
Governing Digital Energy: Fair, Secure and Sustainable
March 2019 | Presentation at KernowCon PGR Conference, Penryn | Slides
Catherine Mitchell, Rebecca Willis, Richard Hoggett, Richard Lowes, Rachel Bray, Helen Poulter and Jess Britton
Submission to Ofgem RIIO-2 sector specific methodology consultation
March 2019 | Ofgem Consultation | Link
Iain Soutar
Emergence and control in UK energy system democratisation
February 2019 | In Search of Good Energy Policy Seminar Series, University of Cambridge | Link
Iain Soutar
Challenges and opportunities in out local energy system
February 2019 | Presentation at Show the Love for Cornwall, Truro | Link
Catherine Mitchell, Richard Hoggett, Becky Willis and Jess Britton
Submission to Ofgem Targeted Charging Review: minded to decision and draft impact assessment
February 2019 | Ofgem consultation | Link
IGov
New York State REV
February 2019 | Primer | Link
IGov
Fit for purpose GB energy governance framework
February 2019 | Primer | Link
IGov
Distribution Service Providers and valuing Distributed Energy Resources
February 2019 | Primer | Link
IGov
Energy System Change in Eastern Australia
February 2019 | Primer | Link
Catherine Mitchell
GB Conservatism – we are in the vicious policy cycle phase
February 2019 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Rebecca Willis
Simplifying energy governance to help the UK’s path to zero-carbon
February 2019 | New Thinking Blog | Link
Catherine Mitchell
Energy code revenue workshop
February 2019 | Presentation for BEIS/Ofgem, London | Link
Rachel Bray and Bridget Woodman
Cornwall LEM Seminar
February 2019 | Presentation at Cornwall Local Energy Market event | Slides
IGov
Energy Industry Codes and Licenses
January 2019 | Primer | Link
Jess Britton, Jeffery Hardy, Catherine Mitchell and Richard Hoggett
Changing actor dynamics and emerging propositions in the UK electricity retail market
January 2019 | IGov Report | Link
Thomas Pownall
Electricity market design for a sustainable, secure and efficient electricity system in the UK
January 2019 | Presentation to Energy Systems Catapult, Birmingham | Slides
Rachel Bray and Bridget Woodman
Barriers to Independent Aggregators in Europe
January 2019 | Working paper | PDF
Emily Judson
Conceptualising the emerging digital energy landscape
January 2019 | EPG Blog | Link
Oscar Fitch-Roy, Jenny Fairbrass and David Benson
Ideas, coalitions and compromise: reinterpreting EU-ETS lobbying through discursive institutionalism
January 2019 | Journal of European Public Policy | Link
Lena Kitzing, Oscar Fitch-Roy, Marco Islam and Catherine Mitchell
An evolving risk perspective for policy instrument choice in sustainability transitions
2019 | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | Link
Jess Britton
The changing role of cities and local energy – does energy system governance need to catch up?
November 2018 | IGov Blog | Link
Helen Poulter
Fuel poverty indicator letting down poorer households
November 2018 | IGov Blog | Link
Iain Soutar
We need to talk about (deep) energy democracy
November 2018 | EPG Blog | Link