Environmental policy effectiveness on residential natural gas use in OECD countries

Malzi, Mohamed Jaouad; Sohag, Kazi; Vasbieva, Dinara G.; Ettahir, Aziz

doi:10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101651

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“…It is also important to implement a holistic environmental policy that takes into account demographic aspects such as population, population density, and the ratio of the elderly and young population. This is because this aspect includes socio-cultural aspects that are related to the formation of efficient environmental policies that can be applied or not in the country (Malzi, et al, 2020). Ramanathan, et al, (2016) also stated that 'flexible regulation' (also referred to as 'innovationfriendly' and 'smart' regulation) is considered an important driver of positive outcomes for all stakeholders.…”

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Modeling environmental regulations in regional green economy efficiency of Halimun Salak: Empirical Evidence from National Park

Sya¹,

kamayana²,

Panjaitan³

2022

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This study aims to explain Environmental Regulation Modeling in the Halimun Salak Regional Green Economy Efficiency: Empirical Evidence from the National Park which is expected to be a sustainable solution in supporting the creation of a balance between the economic and environmental concepts, especially in the Halimun Salak national park area, Bogor, Indonesia. The research method used is a qualitative method with a grounded theory approach. The results show that the current environmental regulatory modeling has not been successful in implementing green economy efficiency in the salak forest area. This is evidenced by the findings that there are overlapping regulations, low economic income, the increasing population in the salak forest area, and the lack of resolution of legal protection cases. As well as the implementation of environmental policies to date is still in the form of command and control, which causes discrepancies between the parties that are interrelated. As a result, it is necessary to change the environmental policy model for forest areas, namely by using the rational choice theory model. This policy model will become a new solution in implementing increasingly dynamic policies following changes in human behavior and technological developments. Environmental policies that are made must be a role model in an open and dynamic implementation.

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confidence: 99%

Modeling environmental regulations in regional green economy efficiency of Halimun Salak: Empirical Evidence from National Park

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2022

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“…Malzi and Ettahir [25] estimated the demand function for NG per capita using data from 29 countries from 2005 to 2016. Malzi et al [26] dealt with the estimation of the demand function for residential NG using multinational data from 1980 to 2016 and found that the price elasticity was negative.…”

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Estimating the Demand Function for Residential City Gas in South Korea: Findings from a Price Sensitivity Measurement Experiment

2022

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The main cooking and heating fuel in the urban area of South Korea is city gas (CG), whose main ingredient is natural gas. A total of 34 operators in the country supply residential CG (RCG) in the form of a regional monopoly. Both the government and the operators need information on the demand function for RCG to establish policies and business plans. In response to this need, this article empirically estimates the demand function for RCG. There are two difficulties in securing data necessary for this estimation. First, since all RCG operators are private and most past performance data are trade secrets, the data required for the estimation are not usually available. Second, the prices of RCG are strongly controlled by local governments and price management authorities rather than determined in the marketplace. To overcome these two difficulties, this study applied the price sensitivity measurement experiment and a survey on RCG demand was conducted with 886 households nationwide. More specifically, each household was asked about current RCG usage and rates and then how they would adjust demand for the four alternative rising RCG prices. Therefore, a total of five observations were obtained for each household. The total number of observations used in this study was 4430. The estimated demand function for RCG held statistical significance. In addition, the price and income elasticities of demand were obtained as −0.570 and 0.038, respectively, securing statistical significance. The demand for RCG was inelastic to both price change and income change. This information can be useful in various fields of policymaking related to RCG.

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“…By referring to the results of Wang [37] (which measured the impact of changes in carbon prices on China's energy substitution from the perspective of energy equipment capacity investment), we estimated the relationship between carbon prices and the growth rate of energy share. As shown in Figure 5, Residential natural gas consumption is mainly determined by the urban populatio With the increase in per capita income, the urbanization rate continues to increase, a people's ability to buy energy is also rising [38]. Therefore, the urbanization rate is sumed to have a correlation with GDP per capita, and a regression was performed on d from 2005 to 2019, which is reported as a functional relationship by Equation (A4) in A pendix A.…”

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“…Residential natural gas consumption is mainly determined by the urban population. With the increase in per capita income, the urbanization rate continues to increase, and people's ability to buy energy is also rising [38]. Therefore, the urbanization rate is assumed to have a correlation with GDP per capita, and a regression was performed on data from 2005 to 2019, which is reported as a functional relationship by Equation (A4) in Appendix A.…”

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Demand for Storage and Import of Natural Gas in China until 2060: Simulation with a Dynamic Model

Chen

Wang

et al. 2021

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China has been reforming its domestic natural gas market in recent years, while construction of storage systems is lagging behind. As natural gas accounts for an increasing proportion due to the goal of carbon neutrality, large-scale gas storage appears to be necessary to satisfy the needs for gas peak shaving and national strategic security. Additionally, the domestic gas production in China cannot meet consumption demands, and imports will play a significant role on the supply side. This paper developed a system dynamics (SD) model and applied it to simulate gas market behaviors and estimated China’s gas storage capabilities and import demands over the next 40 years. To achieve carbon neutrality, it is necessary for China to make great progress in its energy intensity and improve its energy structure, which have a great impact on natural gas consumption. Thus, alternative scenarios were defined to discuss the changes in the gas market with different gas storage goals and environmental constraints. The results show that under low and medium carbon price scenarios, natural gas demand will continue to grow in the next 40 years, but it will be difficult to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality. Under the high carbon price scenario, natural gas consumption will grow rapidly and reach a peak in approximately 2040, after which renewable energy will play a more important role to help achieve carbon neutrality. At the peak time, China’s gas storage demand will be 205.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) and import demand will reach 635.4 bcm, accounting for 72.8% of total consumption. We also identified the contradiction between the estimated storage capability, import demand and infrastructure planning. There will be a gap of 28.1–69.3 bcm between the planned storage capacity and simulated demand by 2030, while import facilities may partly strand assets. Finally, we provided some policy recommendations for constructing gas storage and import management and operation systems.

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Environmental policy effectiveness on residential natural gas use in OECD countries

Cited by 15 publications

References 36 publications

Modeling environmental regulations in regional green economy efficiency of Halimun Salak: Empirical Evidence from National Park

Modeling environmental regulations in regional green economy efficiency of Halimun Salak: Empirical Evidence from National Park

Estimating the Demand Function for Residential City Gas in South Korea: Findings from a Price Sensitivity Measurement Experiment

Demand for Storage and Import of Natural Gas in China until 2060: Simulation with a Dynamic Model

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