Reading Material [Course: EIT [PGDE (2021-22)]
In addition to the reference book (Energy Transition – History, Requirements, Prospects by Vaclab Smil), topic wise suggested readings for Module II
(Transition in regulatory structures: national and international experiences) include:
Session # Topic
Understanding energy transitions and
technology adoption/innovations
9 Understanding regulation
Regulations for energy transition
10
National Experiences
Case of technology adoption and
regulation: The Indian electricity
distribution sector
11 International Experiences I:
Suggested Readings (for lecture and assignment)
Araújo K. (2014) The emerging field of energy transitions: Progress, challenges, and opportunities.
Energy Research and Social Science, 2014 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2014.03.002)
Chapter 1. Energy Transition – History, Requirements, Prospects by Vaclab Smil
Cernoch F. (2017) Energy Transition: the Case Study of Germany and the Czech Republic
GTZ (2003) Infrastructure regulation. An introduction to fundamental concepts and key issues.
Working paper no. 10
Jarvis D. and Savacool B. (2011) Conceptualizing and evaluating best practices in electricity and
water regulatory governance. Energy (36) 4340-4352.
Governing Infrastructure Regulators in Fragile Environments : Principles and Implementation
Manual (https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32052)
Daszkiewicz K. (2020) Policy and Regulation of Energy Transition. In Hafer and Tangliapietra (eds.)
The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition.
Schiavo et al. (2013) Changing the regulation for regulating the change: Innovation-driven
regulatory developments for smart grids, smart metering and e-mobility in Italy. Energy Policy 57,
506-517
Pollitt M. (2012) The role of policy in energy transitions: Lessons from the energy liberalization era.
Energy Policy.
Bhatt B. and Singh A. (2021). Power sector reforms and technology adoption in the Indian
electricity distribution sector. Energy, Volume 215, Part A, Jan. 2021, 118797
Bhatt B. and Singh A. (2020) Stakeholders role in the distribution loss reduction technology
adoption in the Indian electricity sector: An actor-oriented approach. Energy Policy, Volume 137,
Feb. 2020, 111064
Dubash N., & Rao N. (2008). Regulatory practice and politics: Lessons from independent regulation
in Indian electricity. Utilities Policy (16) 321-331
Rao S. L. (u.d.). Regulating state-owned enterprises in the infrastructure sector: the experience with
electricity in India. International Journal of Regulation and Governance (2) 197-208
Kuittinen, H., & Velte, D. (2018). Case Study Report Energiewende. https://doi.org/10.2777/835267
 German Energy Transition Rechsteiner, R. (2021). German energy transition (Energiewende) and what politicians can learn for
environmental and climate policy. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy (2021) 23:305–342
Leirena D., & Reimer I. (2018). Historical institutionalist perspective on the shift from feed-in tariffs
towards auctioning in German renewable energy policy. Energy Research and Social Science (43)
33-40.

International Experiences II: AEEGSI (2017). Overview of RIIO framework A report to AEEGSI October 2017
Regulatory Transitions for innovation
12 in UK RIIO’s Case study (u.d.) UK’s RIIO – A performance based framework for driving innovation and
delivering value