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Stephen Littlechild

Fellow in Privatisation, Regulation & Competition

BCom (Univ. of Birmingham), PhD (Univ. of Texas at Austin), Hon DSc (Univ. of Birmingham), Hon D Civ Law (Univ. of East Anglia)

Professional experience

Dr Littlechild was a member of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission from 1983 to 1988 and Director General of Electricity Supply from 1989 to 1998. Since 1999 he has been an international consultant on privatisation, regulation and competition, especially in the electricity and telecommunications sectors, and an economic adviser to Ofgem.

Previous appointments

Dr Littlechild was Professor of Commerce (1975-1994) and Honorary Professor (1994-2004) at the University of Birmingham, where he is now Emeritus Professor.

Research interests

Privatisation, regulation and competition; electricity and telecommunications.

Stephen Littlechild is a member of the Economics & Policy subject group.

Selected publications

Littlechild, S. (2009) "Stipulated settlements, the consumer advocate and utility regulation in Florida." Journal of Regulatory Economics, 35(1): 96-109 (DOI: 10.1007/s11149-008-9071-2)

Littlechild, S. (2009) "Retail competition in electricity markets - expectations, outcomes and economics." Energy Policy, 37(2): 759-763 (DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.09.089)

Littlechild, S. (2009) "RPI-X regulation: Ofgem's RPI-X@20 review and the scope for more customer involvement." Network, 34: 1-10

Littlechild, S. (2010) "The creation of a market for electricity supply." Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.EPRG1017. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.

Mountain, B. and Littlechild, S. (2010) "Comparing electricity distribution network revenues and costs in New South Wales, Great Britain and Victoria." Energy Policy, 38(10): 5770-5782

Littlechild, S. (2011) "The process of negotiating settlements at FERC." Electricity Policy Research Group Working Papers, No.EPRG1105. Cambridge: University of Cambridge.

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