Low carbon development and affordable energy access are complementary objectives (to a point)
ECA INSIGHT >> Low carbon development and affordable energy access are complementary objectives (to a point) In 2015, all United Nations Member States adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Among the 17 goals, SDG 7 targets access to affordable and...
Batteries – generation or transmission assets?
ECA INSIGHT >> Batteries – generation or transmission assets? Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are on track of becoming an integral component of electricity markets around the world. Although investments for grid scale BESS are still at relatively low...
Utility cost recovery: tackle inefficiency before increasing tariffs
ECA INSIGHT >> Utility cost recovery: tackle inefficiency before increasing tariffs Raising tariffs to cost recovery levels is often considered a prerequisite of infrastructure sector reforms. While immediate tariff increases are often publicly unacceptable and...
Two approaches to tariff design in the electricity sector – how different are they?
ECA INSIGHT >> Two approaches to tariff design in the electricity sector – how different are they? Since deregulation of the supply market in the UK over two decades ago, the regulator has tended to leave it to the supply companies to decide the design of the...