oliverilottIs a “coherent” energy policy even possible?In a review of devolved Scottish rural policy conducted in 2006, Jordan and Halpin concluded that the attempt to create a “coherent”…Jan 8, 2016Jan 8, 2016
oliverilottFive lessons from the Green Deal1.Never let your Minister invent a mad target for your policy live on radioDec 17, 2015Dec 17, 2015
oliverilottThe Capacity Market is deadThe government wants a policy that can build a new wave of gas-fired power stations. The capacity market can’t — it will have to be…Dec 11, 2015Dec 11, 2015
oliverilottBetter BEACs — regraphing biomassWe subsidise biomass on the grounds that it is low-carbon, though these grounds are contested. The green credentials of the practice of…Dec 1, 2015Dec 1, 2015
oliverilottStop talking about electricity marginsEvery winter, we have a run of stories about potential blackouts in the UK. The style guide for these pieces seems to have two clauses: 1)…Nov 18, 2015Nov 18, 2015
oliverilottState reductionThis morning the Chancellor announced headline deals for spending reductions at four government departments (for scepticism on those…Nov 9, 2015Nov 9, 2015
oliverilottCrash scars: youth unemploymentOverall unemployment is now back to its pre-crisis level of 5.4%. But disguised within that number is a new block of young people who have…Nov 9, 2015Nov 9, 2015
oliverilottNISMs as market signalsIn 2015, electricity supply shortages are live-tweeted. Like acolytes of some obscure sporting event, energy-ultras spent much of yesterday…Nov 5, 2015Nov 5, 2015
oliverilottHow much do we spend on the NHS?John Appleby, the Chief Economist at the Kings Fund, has an interesting and very clear blog about the trajectory of health spending in the…Oct 28, 2015Oct 28, 2015
oliverilottWho are the police?In 1999, the Macpherson report concluded that the Metropolitan Police was “institutionally racist”. Much of the work that it prompted…Aug 26, 2015Aug 26, 2015
