Stephen Littlechild Festschrift
25 Mar 2026
09:00 -17:00
Times shown in local time
By invitation only
Lecture Theatre 2 (Cambridge Judge Business School)
Trumpington St
Cambridge
CB2 1AG
United Kingdom
The Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) held a celebration of the work of Stephen Littlechild, a leading economist in the field of markets and regulation, featuring papers from some of his many colleagues within the UK and internationally.
Read the post-event article "Celebrating a pioneer of energy regulation"
Agenda
09:30-11:00
Session 1
Introduction
Bruce Mountain
The evolution of price control regulation in the UK
Andrew Walker
Regulatory objectives: from RPI-X to beyond
Catherine Waddams and Morton Hviid
The role of benchmarking in incentive regulation
Michael Pollitt
11:00-11:30
Coffee break
10:50-12:00
Session 2
Transactive energy and the implications of technological change for competition
Lynne Kiesling
12:30-13:30
Lunch
13:00-14:10
Session 3
An “analytical history” of renewable support schemes in Britain
Richard Green and David Newbery
Beneficiary pays for transmission expansion
William Hogan
15:00-15:30
Afternoon tea
14:40-15:50
Session 4
Negotiated settlements in UK airports, water and energy: a discussion
Stephen Littlechild, Harry Bush, Andrew Walker, Alan Sutherland and Gavin Knott
AI as an individualised persona: a useful addition to the economist’s toolbox? The case of the “Stephen Littlechild AI agent”
Bruce Mountain and Shruti Kant
Closing remarks
Stephen Littlechild