In this section we have saved papers and presentations by Cornwall Energy, which were previously shown on the home page.

Paying for the "summer package"—October 2009

Nigel Cornwall presented to GDF SUEZ Energy's customer forum on 1 October 2009. His presentation can be downloaded here.

User participation in the GB energy regulatory framework—March 2009

This paper, written by Stephen Littlechild and Nigel Cornwall for Ofgem (28 March 2009), examines the ways of increasing user participation in the GB energy sector. It looks at various approaches trialled in other markets both domestically and internationally; and issues likely to arise in transmission regulation that could impact on the next generation of price controls. The paper can be downloaded here.

Presentation on industry code governance—February 2009

Nigel Cornwall presented to Ofgem's workshop on 11 February. He supported the proposal for the regulator to have a reserve power to initiate a major policy review. He also called for a code of practice to be applied to code administrators as well as performance indicators, and for code administrators rather than modification groups to own code change proposals and reports. Download the presentation here.

Carbon Reduction Commitment—August 2008

Nigel Cornwall presented to a recent GDF Energy customer event on the new CRC. Nigel's presentation can be found here, as well as our primer.

Report on competitiveness of market for distributed generation—June 2008

In December 2007, a joint Ofgem/Berr Distributed Energy (DE) Consultation document was published on initial options for introducing greater flexibility to the market, regulatory, and licensing arrangements for distributed low-carbon electricity. In June 2008, Ofgem published the follow-up consultation on these proposals. The report is accompanied by a review conducted by Professor Stephen Littlechild and Nigel Cornwall on the state of competition in the offtake market, which we concluded seemed to be in broadly good health. Read the review here.

Report on household electricity prices in Wales—April 2008

In Spring 2008 we assessed household compared household electricity prices in Wales with those in the rest of Great Britain for Energywatch. See here for our report.

Powering the governance debate—February 2008

Nigel Cornwall presented on 28 February 2008 at Ofgem’s "Powering the energy debate" workshop on industry code governance. He warmly welcomed the review, suggesting that the exercise was well-timed and very necessary. It should look at reducing fragmentation between codes and place more focussed incentives on independent code administrators.  His presentation can be found here.

Report on social tariffs—January 2008

We undertook a review for Energywatch of the voluntary social tariffs and rebates offered by the major suppliers. Read the report on social tariffs here.

NRFC — cost changes in supplier domestic offers—January 2008

The National Right to Fuel Campaign commissioned a report from Cornwall Energy on the cost changes in suppler domestic offers. The report can be viewed here.

SO incentives - an independent perspective—November 2007

Nigel Cornwall presented at an Ofgem workshop on 1 November. He advocated building on the merits of recent schemes - evolution, not revolution - but an overhaul of governance. View the PowerPoint version here.

Local markets for distributed energy—September 2007

Nigel Cornwall wrote a paper on this subject for the joint Berr/ Ofgem Distributed Energy Working Group meeting on developing routes to market, in September 2007. The paper can be viewed here. 

Energy White Paper review—July 2007

Our recent summary provides a thorough account of the key aspects of the white paper, some of the key issues arising from it and our take on its implications for UK energy markets. Read the full summary.

Cash-out review—February 2007

As part of its current electricity cash-out review, Ofgem asked Nigel Cornwall to set out his views on how the current rules were operating and what deficiencies there might be. His independent perspective is here. The views of another, more illustrious commentator, Stephen Littlechild, have also been made available here.