Mark Newton Lowry, Matt Makos, Gretchen Waschbusch, and Benjamin Cohen, “Innovative Regulatory Tools for Addressing an Increasingly Complex Energy Landscape: 2023 Update,” Edison Electric Institute, February 2024.
Lowry, Mark Newton, David Hovde, Rebecca Kavan, and Matthew Makos. “Impact of Multiyear Rate Plans on Power Distributor Productivity: Evidence from Alberta,” The Electricity Journal, Volume 36, Issue 5, June 2023.
Lowry, Mark Newton and David Hovde. “Escalating Power Distributor O&M Revenue,” The Electricity Journal, Volume 34, Issue 6, July 2021.
Lowry, Mark Newton and Matthew Makos. “PBR and Climate Change,” Climate and Energy, Volume 37, Issue 12, July 2021.
Lowry, Mark Newton. “Four Common Myths About Performance-based Regulation,” Utility Dive, April 27, 2021.
Lowry, Mark Newton and Matthew Makos. “Revenue Decoupling at 40, Venerable PBR Tool Goes National,” Public Utilities Fortnightly, April 2021.
Lowry, Mark Newton, Matthew Makos, and Jeff Deason. "State Performance-Based Regulation Using Multiyear Rate Plans for U.S. Electric Utilities," Ed. Schwartz, Lisa C. 2017. LBNL-2001039.
Lowry, Mark Newton, and Tim Woolf. "Performance-Based Regulation in a High Distributed Energy Resources Future," Ed. Schwartz, Lisa C. Vol. FEUR Report No. 3. 2016. LBNL-1004130.
Lowry, Mark N. and Lullit Getachew. "Econometric TFP Targets, Incentive Regulation, and the Ontario Gas Distribution Industry," 2009. Review of Network Economics 8 (4): 325-345.
Lowry, Mark N. and Lullit Getachew. "Alternative Regulation, Benchmarking, and Efficient Diversification, " 2009. Dialogue: United States Association for Energy Economics, 17 (2):27-31.
Lowry, Mark N. and Lullit Getachew. "Price Control Regulation in North America: Role of Indexing and Benchmarking," 2009. The Electricity Journal, 22: 63-76.
Lowry, Mark N. , Lullit Getachew, David Hovde, Steve Fenrick. “AltReg Rate Designs Address Declining Average Gas Use.” 2008. Natural Gas & Electricity 24 (9): 13-18.
Fenrick, Steve, Lullit Getachew, and Mark N. Lowry. “Regulation of Gas Distributors with Declining Use Per Customer." 2006. Dialogue: United States Association for Energy Economics, 14 (2): 17-21.
Kaufmann, Larry, and Mark N. Lowry. “Alternative Regulation for North American Electric Utilities." 2006. The Electricity Journal 19 (5): 15-26.
Lowry, Mark N., Lullit Getachew and David Hovde. “Econometric Benchmarking of Cost Performance: The Case of U.S. Power Distributors.” 2005. The Energy Journal , 26 (3): 75-92.
Kaufmann, Lawrence and Mark N. Lowry. "Performance-Based Regulation Developments for Gas Utilities". Natural Gas and Electricity, April 2004.
Kaufmann, Lawrence and Mark N. Lowry. "Performance-Based Regulation and Energy Utility Business Strategy". Natural Gas and Electric Power Industries Analysis 2003. Houston: Financial Communications.
Kaufmann, Lawrence and Mark N. Lowry. "Performance-Based Regulation and Business Strategy". Natural Gas and Electricity, February 2003.
Kaufmann, Lawrence and Mark N. Lowry. "Price Cap Regulation for Power Distribution". Washington: Edison Electric Institute, 1998
Kaufmann, Lawrence and Mark N. Lowry. "Performance-Based Regulation of U.S. Electric Utilities: The State of the Art and Directions for Further Research". Palo Alto: Electric Power Research Institute, December 1995.
Kaufmann, Lawrence and Mark N. Lowry. "The Treatment of the Z Factors in Price Cap Plans". Applied Economic Letters 2, 1995.
Kaufmann, Lawrence and Mark N. Lowry. "A Price Cap Designers Handbook". Washington: Edison Electric Institute, 1995.
Other Regulation
Dubin, Jeffrey A and Peter Navarro. "Regulatory Climate and the Cost of Capital". Regulatory Reform and Public Utilities. M. Crew, ed. Lexington, Massachusetts: Lexington Books (1982): 141-66.
Lowry, Mark N. and Lullit Getachew. “The Economics and Regulation of Power Transmission and Distribution: The Developed World Case.” International Handbook on the Economics of Energy, 2009.
Benchmarking
Lowry, Mark N. and Lullit Getachew, 2009, "Statistical Benchmarking in Utility Regulation: Role, Standards and Methods", Energy Policy 37: 1323-1330.
Lowry, Mark N. and Lullit Getachew, 2009, "Price Control Regulation in North America: Role of Indexing and Benchmarking," The Electricity Journal, 22: 63-76.
Lowry, Mark N., Lullit Getachew and David Hovde. “Econometric Benchmarking of Cost Performance: The Case of U.S. Power Distributors.” 2005. The Energy Journal , 26 (3): 75-92.
Code of Conduct
Kaufmann, Lawrence and Mark N. Lowry. "The Cost Structure of Power Distribution with Implications for Public Policy". Washington: Edison Electric Institute, 1999.
Kaufmann, Lawrence and Mark N. Lowry. "Controlling for Cross-Subsidization in Electric Utility Regulation". Washington: Edison Electric Institute, 1998.
Kaufmann, Lawrence and Mark N. Lowry. "Branding Electric Utility Products: Analysis and Experience in Regulated Industries". Washington: Edison Electric Institute, 1997.
Rate Design
Lowry, Mark N. "Evaluating Alternative Measures of Credited Load Relief: Results from a Recent Study for New England Electric". Demand Side Management: Partnerships in Planning for the Next Decade, Palo Alto: Electric Power Research Institute, 1991.
Demand Analysis
Dubin, Jeffrey A. and Daniel L. McFadden. "An Econometric Analysis of Residential Electric Appliance Holdings and Consumption". Econometrica 52, 1984: 345-62. Reproduced in Stigum, B. ed. Econometrics and the Philosophy of Economics: Theory - Data Confrontation in Economics, Princeton University Press, 2002.
Dubin, Jeffrey A. "Consumer Durable Choice and the Demand for Electricity". New York-Amsterdam: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1985.
Dubin, Jeffrey A. "Block Switching in Demand Subject to Declining Block Rates. A new Approach". International Association of Energy Economists, Papers and Proceedings of the Eighth Annual North American Conference, May 1987:243-47.
Dubin, Jeffrey A. "A Nested Logit Model for Appliance Holdings in the Pacific Northwest". Marketing Science 5, 1986: 112-24.
Dubin, Jeffrey A., Allen K. Miedema and Ram V. Chandran. "Price Effects of Energy Efficient Technologies: A Study of Residential Demand for Heating and Cooling". Rand Journal of Economics 17 1986: 310-25.
Dubin, Jeffrey A., Allen K. Miedema and Ram V. Chandran. "Price Effects of Energy Efficient Technologies: A Study of Residential Demand for Heating and Cooling". Rand Journal of Economics 17 1986: 310-25.
Lowry, Mark N. and Lawrence Kaufmann. "Performance-Based Regulation for Energy Utilities". Energy Law Journal, Fall 2002.
Lowry, Mark N., Lawrence Kaufmann and Eric Ackerman. "Price Caps for Distribution Service: Do They Make Sense?". Edison Times, 1999.
Lowry, Mark N. and Lawrence Kaufmann. "Forecasting the Productivity Growth of Natural Gas Distributors". AGA Forecasting Review, Vol 5, March 1996.
Lowry, Mark N. and Herb Thompson. "TFP Trends of U.S. Electric Utilities, 1975-92". Proceedings of the Ninth NARUC Biennial Regulatory Information Conference, Columbus: National Regulatory Research Institute, 1994.
Lowry, Mark N. "Gas Supply Cost Incentive Plans for Local Distribution Companies". Proceedings of the Eight NARUC Biennial Regulatory Information Conference, Columbus: National Regulatory Research Institute, 1993.
Econometrics
Articles
Dubin, Jeffrey A. "Valuing Intangible Assets with a Nested Logit Market Share Model". Journal of Econometrics 2004-2005.
Dubin, Jeffrey A. "Empirical Studies in Applied Economics". Boston, Massachusetts: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001.
Dubin, Jeffrey A. "Studies in Consumer Demand-Econometric Methods Applied to Market Data". Boston, Massachusetts: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1998 (first printing cloth), 2000 (second printing, paper).
Dubin, Jeffrey A. and Charles J. Cicchetti. "A Micro-Econometric Analysis of Risk-Aversion and the Decision to Self-Insure". Journal of Political Economy, 102 1994: 169-186.
Dubin, Jeffrey A. and R. Douglas Rivers. "Experimental Estimates of the Effects of Wage Subsidies". Journal of Econometrics 56, 1993: 219-242.
Dubin, Jeffrey A. and Langche Zeng. "The Heterogeneous Logit Model". California Institute of Technology, Social Science Working Paper No. 759, February 1991, revised August 1991.
Dubin, Jeffrey A. and Louis L. Wilde. "Welfare Economics for Tobit Models". California Institute of Technology, Social Science Working Paper No. 753, January 1991, revised August 1991
Dubin, Jeffrey A. and R. Douglas Rivers. "Selection Bias in Linear Regression, Logit and Probit Models". Sociological Methods and Research 18, 1989/1990. Reprinted in J. Fox and S. Long, eds. Modern Methods of Data Analysis. Newbury Park, California: Sage Publications, 1990: 359-91.
Dubin, Jeffrey A. and Geoffrey S. Rothwell. "Risk and Reactor Safety Systems Adoption". Journal of Econometrics 42, 1989: 202-17.
Dubin, Jeffrey A. and Steven E. Henson. "An Engineering/Econometric Analysis of Seasonal Energy Demand and Conservation in the Pacific Northwest". Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 6, 1988: 121-34.
Environment
Articles
Dubin, Jeffrey A., Charles J. Cicchetti and Louis L. Wilde. "The Use and Misuse of Surveys in Econometric Analysis: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under CERCLA". California Institute of Technology, Social Science Working Paper No. 768, July 1991.
Petroleum
Articles
Lowry, Mark N. "Futures Prices and Hidden Stocks of Refined Oil Products". In O. Guvanen, W.C. Labys, and J.B. Lesourd, editors, International Commodity Market Models: Advances in Methodology and Applications, London: Chapman and Hall, 1991.
Lowry, Mark N. "Competitive Speculative Storage and the Cost of Petroleum Supply". The Energy Journal Vol 10(1), 1989.
Lowry, Mark N. "Modeling the Convenience Yield from Precautionary Storage: The Case of Distillate Fuel Oil". Energy Economics 10(4), 1988.
Lowry, Mark N. "A Competitive Model of Primary Sector Storage of Refined Oil Products". Resources and Energy 10(2), 1988.
Lowry, Mark N. Review of Oil Prices, Market Response, and Contingency Planning, George Horwich and David Leo Weimer. (Washington, American Enterprise Institute, 1984). Energy Journal 8(3), 1988.
Lowry, Mark N. and Bok Jae Lee. "Modeling the Convenience Yield from Precautionary Storage of Refined Oil Products". In John Rowse, ed. World Energy Markets: Coping with Instability, Calgary, AL: Friesen Printers, 1987.
Lowry, Mark N. Review of Energy, Foresight, and Strategy, Thomas Sargent ed. Baltimore: Resources for the Future, 1985. Energy Journal 6(4), 1986.
Agriculture
Articles
Lowry, Mark N. et al. "Theory of Pricing and Storage of Field Crops With an Application to Soybeans. University of Wisconsin - Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences Research Report no. R3421, 1988.
Lowry, Mark N. "Speculative Stocks and Working Stocks". Economic Letters 28, 1988.
Lowry, Mark N. et al. "Pricing and Storage of Field Crops: A Quarterly Model Applied to Soybeans". American Journal of Agricultural Economics 69 (4), November, 1987.
Minerals & Metals
Articles
Lowry, Mark N. "Monopoly Power, Rigid Prices, and the Management of Inventories by Metals Producers". Materials and Society 12(1), 1988.
Lowry, Mark N. "Storage, Monopoly Power, and Sticky Prices". les Cahiers du CETAI no. 87.03 March 1987.
Lowry, Mark N. "Assessing Metals Demand in Less Developed Countries: Another Look at the Leapfrog Effect". Materials and Society 10(3), 1986.
Lowry, Mark N. "The Changing Role of the United States in World Mineral Trade". In W.R. Bush, editor, The Economics of Internationally Traded Minerals. (Littleton, CO: Society of Mining Engineers, 1986).
Lowry, Mark N. "Public vs. Private Management of Mineral Inventories: A Statement of the Issues". Earth and Mineral Sciences 53(3), Spring 1984