Modes of governance for municipal energy efficiency services – The case of LED street lighting in Germany

Polzin, Friedemann; Flotow, Paschen von; Nolden, Colin

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.07.100

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“…Nowadays there is a significant lack of research focusing on the efficiency of blending alternative procurement models with different financing mechanisms. In the available papers by Sorell [7], Polzin et al [8] Hanon et al [9], the authors focused solely on the private sector participation through PPP or ESCO models without using any real or case study data. Some authors focused on some parts of blending effectiveness only.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…According to Sorrell [7] these contracts typically include obligations during the whole life cycle period. Polzin et al [8] state that the private sector can identify public needs better and deliver public services through EPCs at a lower cost than current prices. According to Hannon et al [9] and Marino et al [10] the key element of success in these contracts is the involvement of the private sector not only during construction period, but during the whole life cycle of the contract.…”

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Effectiveness of Blending Alternative Procurement Models and EU Funding Mechanisms Based on Energy Efficiency Case Study Simulation

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Over the past twenty years, many countries have been looking for alternative procurement models in providing public sector energy efficiency (EE) projects because of high public sector debt and budget deficit. These projects have traditionally been procured and financed by the public sector. While the majority of EU funding resources will be realized in more traditional, purely grant-funded procurement models, a new Investment Plan for Europe for the programming period 2014–2020 has focused on supporting higher private sector involvement in infrastructure investments for achieving the EU Strategy 20/20/20 goals. Seeing that the fundamental purpose of investing in infrastructure is investing in providing public services, the involvement of the private sector is only possible through some alternative procurement models. In these initiatives both the public and the private sector retain their own identities and responsibilities, while their co-operation is based on clearly defined divisions of tasks and risks. The main objective of this paper is to assess the effectiveness of blending alternative procurement models with available EU funding mechanisms in EE sector by applying case study simulation. The findings will show the effectiveness of alternative options and the use of blending solutions in EE investments.

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Effectiveness of Blending Alternative Procurement Models and EU Funding Mechanisms Based on Energy Efficiency Case Study Simulation

2019

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“…Recent studies have presented detailed case studies of cities developing different forms of municipal energy initiatives (Webb et al 2016). Certain aspects have been explored in detail such as the decision criteria for energy initiatives (Bale et al 2012, Polzin et al 2016, and the difficulty in capturing non-economic benefits (Webb 2015, Hall andRoelich 2016). However, most of this research has been conducted at one point in time, and there is a need for a longitudinal view of the development of municipal energy activities.…”

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Institutional pathways to municipal energy companies in the UK: Realising co-benefits to mitigate climate change in cities

Roelich

Bale

Turner

et al. 2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Municipalities in the UK are increasingly engaging in local management of one or more parts of the energy system. The municipal energy companies set up to manage this engagement have the potential to contribute to a low-carbon transition through acceleration of low-carbon energy technology roll-out and demand management. However, municipal energy companies face many constraints that limit their growth in number and scale and restrict their potential to contribute to climate change mitigation. This paper aims to develop a better understanding of why and how municipal energy companies form to help to identify how policy and regulation could better support their proliferation and their contribution to climate change mitigation. We conducted a longitudinal analysis (from 2013-2017) of five UK cities' attempts to develop new institutional arrangements to engage in the national energy system and contribute to climate change mitigation. We found that the fundamental purpose of municipal energy companies was different to those of the private sector; using energy to deliver essential services and place-specific outcomes, rather than aiming to deliver energy at least cost. The scope of engagement was dependent on a city's unique characteristics and factors driving decisions. We found that there was no blueprint for a municipal energy company, rather the final form was shaped by a city's unique characteristics and decision drivers and emerged from a process of experimentation and learning. This 'pathway' towards a municipal energy company is also heavily influenced by the changing policy context, meaning that studying the evolution of MECs over time is very important. Specific changes in UK policy have significantly reduced the potential of MECs to contribute to carbon emissions reduction. We propose a framework of characteristics, decision drivers and pathways to better understand the evolution of MECs and to support the identification of policy and regulation that could enable their proliferation. We illustrate the application of this framework to maximise the contribution of MECs to climate change mitigation in cities. We identified a need for policy to recognize and enable different institutional drivers (including climate change) and institutional forms and encourage experimentation. Furthermore, new approaches to accounting and valuation are needed that capture social and environmental outcomes and outcomes that occur in the long-term.

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“…Figure 1. below shows that the consumption of energy by LED lamps is 4.5 times lower than the conventional lamps, and have 1.5 times longer lifetime (20)(21)(22). The payback period is also affected either by the increase in the operational hours or by the increase of the electricity cost-per-watt, that is issued by the Power Company (Perusahaan Listrik Negara -PLN).…”

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Managing Tax Dispute Due to IFRS-16 on the Retrofits Implementation in Indonesia

Nasip¹,

Sudarmaji²

2018

IJET

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The IFRS-16 will shortly be implemented worldwide, where the operating lease is effectively removed, and all operational leases are qualified as debt. The operational lease is a major source and is important for off-balance sheet financing in Indonesia. Therefore, the implementation of IFRS-16 will probably hurt Indonesian business. The contract and/or service level agreements on the retrofits for the energy efficiency product can relieve the business owner from cash flow and new debts. This study established a framework for a critical comparative study; compare and assess the possibility of the retrofit financial practices under the current taxes regime, and the possibility upon IFRS-16 implementation to better understand the favorable measures for retrofit practitioners and future customers to handle the disputes. Triangulate the findings of comparative study and questionnaire survey to develop recommendation for the future researchers, practitioners and the government. The result indicates that the benefits of the retrofits financing implementation beat the cost and complexity posed by the enactment of new IFRS standards. Thus, the impact of the IFRS-16 and taxation are being considered as a part of business constraints that should be addressed together and able to manage the disputes over misperception on retrofits aspects with taxes officers.

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Modes of governance for municipal energy efficiency services – The case of LED street lighting in Germany

Cited by 50 publications

References 47 publications

Effectiveness of Blending Alternative Procurement Models and EU Funding Mechanisms Based on Energy Efficiency Case Study Simulation

Effectiveness of Blending Alternative Procurement Models and EU Funding Mechanisms Based on Energy Efficiency Case Study Simulation

Institutional pathways to municipal energy companies in the UK: Realising co-benefits to mitigate climate change in cities

Managing Tax Dispute Due to IFRS-16 on the Retrofits Implementation in Indonesia

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