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Phil Burns
Phil Burns is a Director at Frontier Economics specialising in regulatory and competition analysis in the energy sector. Phil is an expert on utility regulation and liberalisation policy, and has shaped policy through his work with clients and his published work, which extends across sliding scale regulation, comparative efficiency measurement, and incentive design to align commercial and policy objectives. He has also worked on many wholesale and retail market analyses, both to support specific competition investigations and to inform the scope of regulatory frameworks and business strategies.
Recent posts by Phil Burns
Nuclear energy policy should be informed by trade-offs between cost, safety and reliability, argues Phil Burns, director at Frontier Economics.
January 8th 2013
The European Union is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 80-95% below 1990 levels by 2050, in the context of necessary reductions by developed countries as a group. At the end of 2011, the European Commission published the Energy Roadmap 2050, which explores the challenges posed by delivering the EU's decarbonisation objective while at the same time ensuring security of energy supply and competitiveness.
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Phil Burns of Frontier Economics explains the challenges surrounding delivery of low carbon energy in the UK
July 26th 2012
The UK government’s present policy position finds itself firmly skewered on the horns of a dilemma that the recent contributions by David Kennedy and Guy Newey illustrate all too vividly. That is, how to balance the delivery of low carbon energy with the need to keep the bill for customers (or taxpayers) as low as possible.
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All posts by Phil Burns
Nuclear energy policy should be informed by trade-offs between cost, safety and reliability, argues Phil Burns, director at Frontier Economics.
January 8th 2013
Phil Burns of Frontier Economics explains the challenges surrounding delivery of low carbon energy in the UK