Dr. Sioshansi has an article about utility business models on the Cornwall Insight website. It is titled “Emerging utility business models” and was originally published in Energy Spectrum magazine. To read it, click here.
A group of prominent energy industry experts, including Dr. Sioshansi, have written to the California Public Utilities Commission expressing concern regarding their plans for changes to net metering tariffs. A copy of the letter is available here.
Dr. Sioshansi gave his views on the proposal in an article for Energy Net Zero magazine. To read it, click here.
The website, CA Current, has an article about the issue here.
Dr. Sioshansi has a new article about retail available on the Energy Central website. The title is, “The Future Of Electricity Retailing: Free kWhs With A Catch”. To read it, click here. At present the article is listed “members only”, but Energy Central usually makes such material generally available after a few weeks. Also membership of the site is free.
On Monday, January 31st, Dr. Sioshansi will be a guest speaker at an online conference organsed by the Paris-based Fondation Tuck. The title of the event is “Joe Biden, un an après. Où en est la politique énergétique américaine?” (“Joe Biden, one year later. What is the state of US energy policy?”). Further information, including how to register for the event, is available (in French) here. Dr. Sioshansi’s presentation will be in English.
Dr. Sioshansi has an article on net metering in California in the latest issue of Energy Net Zero magazine. It is titled, “California considers Net Energy Metering, Again”. To read it, click here (PDF).
For anyone interested in the latest developments and trends in the global electricity markets the recently published Handbook on Electricity Markets is a must read. The edited volume, consisting of 22 chapters and 672 pages, is written by leading international experts and offers the most detailed and comprehensive account of global electricity markets ever published. Dr. Sioshansi is included with a chapter on the latest technological developments on the demand side.
The handbook, edited by Jean-Michel Glachant, Director, Florence School of Regulation, Italy, Paul Joskow, Economics Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US and Michael Pollitt, Economics Professor at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK, covers virtually all aspects and markets including the US, the EU, Australia as well as the latest developments in Africa, China and elsewhere. It includes an examination of both supply as well as demand, wholesale and retail markets, decarbonization, the rise of renewable electricity sources; the electrification of mobility, heating and cooling; and recent innovations such as distributed generation, electrical energy storage, demand response and digital platforms that are disrupting the industry.
It examines the benefits and the limits of competitive markets while looking at specific markets such as the UK, PJM Interconnection, Texas, Australia, Scandinavia, continental Europe and China including their design features. The book also considers new emerging business models, as well as the impact of electricity sector policy priorities such as universal access and decarbonization.
As the book’s title implies, it is a useful handbook to adorn the bookshelves of students, scholars, researchers, professionals as well as regulators, investors and decision-makers engaged in the electricity sector.
Further information about the book, including how to order, is available here.
The publisher has been offering a generous early-bird discount which may still be available here, but hurry!
The January 2022 issue of EEnergy Informer is now available. Here is the contents list:
The Handbook on Electricity Markets is an exciting new title to which Dr. Sioshansi is a contributor. More information about it will be published here soon.
You can request a sample issue of EEnergy Informer here.
On Monday, January 31st, Dr. Sioshansi will be a guest speaker at an online conference organsed by the Paris-based Fondation Tuck. The title of the event is “Joe Biden, un an après. Où en est la politique énergétique américaine?” (“Joe Biden, one year later. What is the state of US energy policy?”). Further information, including how to register for the event, is available (in French) here.
Dr. Sioshansi was a plenary speaker at the 2021 conference of the Italian Association of Energy Economists. A video of the opening plenary session is available below. Dr. Sioshansi’s talk begins after around 67 minutes.
Dr. Sioshansi has an article on GE in the latest issue of Energy Spectrum magazine. It is titled, “GE: An American Icon Splits Into Three”. To read it, click here (PDF).
