The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.
Electricity
Scholarly Publications
Reform of the Chinese Electric Power Market: Economics and Institutions
January 2004
When the People's Republic was founded in 1949, the Chinese electricity industry, with only 1.85 GW installed capacity, was primitive.
Vision for Global Electrification, A
August 2002
This paper is a working draft intended to both set the stage and stimulate discussion at the upcoming EPRI workshop on Global Electrification.
Macro Patterns in the Use of Traditional Biomass Fuels
November 2002
About 2.4 billion people rely on traditional biomass, mainly for cooking and heating (IEA, 2002).
Other Publications
Regulatory Barriers to Lowering the Carbon Content of Energy Services
May 2010
A preliminary list of regulatory barriers that restrain the commercialization of technologies that would reduce the carbon content of energy services consumed in the United States.At the request of...
Retail Pricing to Support the 21st Century Distribution Grid
November 2017
Abstract As an increasing number of California households install solar panels, the current approach to retail electricity pricing makes it harder for the state’s utilities to recover their costs....
News
David Victor quoted in "Forging Links to Natural Gas From Abroad" in New York Times
September 2003
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PESD releases new working paper on potential for CCS technology to capture greenhouse gases in electricity sector
June 2009
Focusing on capture systems for coal-fired power plants until 2030, a sensitivity analysis of key CCS parameters is performed to gain insight into the role that CCS can play in future mitigation...
Electricity reform in South Africa is at a critical juncture, says Anton Eberhard
August 2004
Anton Eberhard writes that South Africa will experience routine electricity blackouts in a few years unless new electricity policy and investment decisions are formulated and implemented this year.
Events
State-Level Electricity Reforms: Impacts on Technology, Institutions and Environment
April 7, 2003
Inaugural workshop of the joint IIM/A-Stanford study on electricity sector reforms in India.
Electricity and the Human Prospect Conference
December 8, 2004
During the 20th century electricity spread from tiny islands of experimental service to become the world's most important energy carrier.
Electricity Reforms in India: Firm Choices, Emerging Markets, and Externalities
September 23, 2004
With our partners at the Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad), PESD hosted a conference on the 23rd and 24th of Sept.
Projects
Electricity Market Design
Meeting today’s most pressing energy challenges—controlling air pollution, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, integrating renewable energy, delivering modern energy services to populations that...
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