On January 23, 2023, the European Commission initiated a public consultation to reform the European Union’s electricity market (European Commission 2023) on the heels of extremely high wholesale electricity prices in Europe in the last months and days of 2022. Negative spot prices, however, were recorded in a large number of European countries on January 1, 2023, including Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany and the United Kingdom. Despite the large variety in how power systems are organized worldwide, from fully integrated monopolies to liberalized systems, all countries can learn from Europe’s experience. In Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, liberalization and markets are being introduced progressively, and it is an opportune time to learn from experiences abroad.
Visiting Researcher- Utilities & Renewables
Frank is an engineer, energy policy analyst, and a visiting researcher at KAPSARC. Prior to joining KAPSARC, Frank was a…
Frank is an engineer, energy policy analyst, and a visiting researcher at KAPSARC. Prior to joining KAPSARC, Frank was a Research Professor at the School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, Director of the Rutgers Energy Institute, and Director of the Center for Energy, Economics and Environmental Policy. In those roles, he conducted original and applied research in the areas of electric power system modeling, clean energy policies, and climate change for academic foundations, government agencies, and energy utilities. He has also worked as an economic consultant and nuclear engineer.
Expertise
- Energy Policy
- Electricity Restructuring and Energy Modeling
Publications See all Frank Felder’s publications
Finding Opportunity in Economic Power Dispatch: Saving Fuels without Impacting Retail Electricity Prices in Fuel-producing Countries
On January 23, 2023, the European Commission initiated a public consultation to reform the European…
20th August 2024An Emerging Framework for the Probabilistic Cost- Benefit Analysis of the Reliability, Resiliency, and Adaptability of Electric Power Systems
On January 23, 2023, the European Commission initiated a public consultation to reform the European…
7th July 2024