Month: February 2026
EEEP@10—An Introduction
Greetings from the IAEE President
Book Reviews
Letter to the Editor on Belfiori (EEEP Vol. 10(1)): Fossil Fuel Subsidies, the Green Paradox and the Fiscal Paradox
Uncertainties in Energy and Electricity Markets: An Introduction
Geopolitics and the Oil Price Cycle – An Introduction
Oil prices experienced record volatility in the spring of 2020 amid two separate, but simultaneous shocks—the largest singular, sudden drop in oil demand in history amid lockdowns across the world to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and a brief oil price war among the world’s largest oil producers. The gyration was the latest…
An Economic Perspective on Mexico’s Nascent Deregulation of Retail Petroleum Markets
Retail petroleum markets in Mexico are on the cusp of a historic deregulation. For decades, all 11,000 gasoline stations nationwide have carried the brand of the state-owned petroleum company Pemex and sold Pemex gasoline at federally regulated retail prices. This industry structure is changing, however, as part of Mexico’s broader energy reforms aimed at increasing…
Book Reviews
The Importance of Penalties and Pre-qualifications: A Model-based Assessment of the UK Renewables Auction Scheme
This paper assesses the multi-technology auctions for Contracts for Difference (CfDs) in the UK, with a special focus on how pre-qualifications and penalties affect bidders’ behaviour, risk aversion and bidding strategies and thus the auction outcomes in terms of prices and project implementation probability. The auctions are modelled to closely represent the auction design foreseen…