Latest Democratisation Podcast Episodes

Bill Hogan on getting the world to accept nodal pricing

Hancock's blog - September 27, 2021 04:05 - 8 minutes
That Bill Hogan is a Professor of Energy Policy at Harvard University and Director of the enormously influential Harvard Electricity Policy Group is impressive. Locally, however, he has particular status as the guiding mind behind the design of New Zealand's wholesale electricity market. One o...

Bill Hogan on pricing for an electricity market

Hancock's blog - September 24, 2021 03:25 - 10 minutes
That Bill Hogan is a Professor of Energy Policy at Harvard University and Director of the enormously influential Harvard Electricity Policy Group is impressive. Locally, however, he has particular status as the guiding mind behind the design of New Zealand's wholesale electricity market. One o...

Bill Hogan on open access and non-discrimination in electricity

Hancock's blog - September 24, 2021 02:57 - 9 minutes
That Bill Hogan is a Professor of Energy Policy at Harvard University and Director of the enormously influential Harvard Electricity Policy Group is impressive. Locally, however, he has particular status as the guiding mind behind the design of New Zealand's wholesale electricity market. One o...

Bill Hogan on FTRs and the origins of NZ’s wholesale electricity market

Hancock's blog - August 28, 2021 02:40 - 6 minutes
That Bill Hogan is a Professor of Energy Policy at Harvard University and Director of the enormously influential Harvard Electricity Policy Group is impressive. Locally, however, he has particular status as the guiding mind behind the design of New Zealand's wholesale electricity market. One o...

Graham Shuttleworth - NZ’s fixation with contestability over competition

Hancock's blog - April 10, 2014 23:49 - 9 minutes
Some history We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here. The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amongst their pigeons so for the next couple of months I’m taking to Graham Shuttlewort...

Graham Shuttleworth - Stable but increasingly expensive? The future for the UK electricity industry

Hancock's blog - April 03, 2014 23:46 - 7 minutes
Groundhog Day We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here. The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amongst their pigeons so for the next couple of months I’m talking to Graham Shuttlewo...

Graham Shuttleworth - 5 years of learning and 5 years of complaining

Hancock's blog - March 27, 2014 23:42 - 6 minutes
The electricity market cycle: key concepts in market design and changes in underlying economics We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here. The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amon...

Graham Shuttleworth - Single buyer guarantees low carbon generation for decades

Hancock's blog - March 20, 2014 23:39 - 8 minutes
.. at 70-80% above current market prices We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here.  The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amongst their pigeons so for the next couple of months I’m...

Graham Shuttleworth - Incentives to build generation

Hancock's blog - March 13, 2014 23:35 - 6 minutes
The more you intervene, the more you intervene We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here. The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amongst their pigeons so for the next couple of month...

Graham Shuttleworth - Forget markets - just plan centrally

Hancock's blog - March 06, 2014 23:25 - 6 minutes
Maybe it’s politics that will always win out We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here. The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amongst their pigeons so for the next couple of months ...

Graham Shuttleworth - Forget engineering - let the traders rule

Hancock's blog - February 27, 2014 23:16 - 7 minutes
... unless economics will always win out We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here. The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amongst their pigeons. So for the next couple of months I’m...

Graham Shuttleworth - Sea changes in electricity sector policy

Hancock's blog - February 20, 2014 23:11 - 8 minutes
Why the UK abandoned its Pool (while we kept ours) I’m talking to Graham Shuttleworth who is the office head for the economic consultancy NERA in London, and one of the original authors of the UK Pool Rules – on which our own electricity market was based. We’re all about the Labour-Green’s p...

Graham Shuttleworth - Lower electricity prices in the UK

Hancock's blog - February 13, 2014 22:54 - 7 minutes
The deal the UK Government is offering against price freezes We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here. The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amongst their pigeons so for the next c...

Graham Shuttleworth - The UK Labour Party's plans for electricity

Hancock's blog - February 06, 2014 22:06 - 6 minutes
Frozen prices, anyone? We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here. The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amongst their pigeons so for the next couple of months I’m taking to Graham S...

Graham Shuttleworth - Tough times in the defence of electricity markets

Hancock's blog - January 31, 2014 04:31 - 8 minutes
Is the market really broken? Would central control really do better? We’re all about the Labour-Green’s proposals for an alternative model for the electricity market here. The UK Labour Party came up with something quite similar in mid-2013 which has put the cat amongst their pigeons. So for...