eprintid: 10071052
rev_number: 23
eprint_status: archive
userid: 608
dir: disk0/10/07/10/52
datestamp: 2019-03-26 11:14:18
lastmod: 2021-10-28 22:17:45
status_changed: 2019-03-26 11:14:18
type: article
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Watson, J
creators_name: Hiteva, R
title: Governance of interactions between infrastructure sectors: The making of smart grids in the UK
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C06
divisions: F57
divisions: C04
divisions: F34
keywords: Smart grids, ICT, Electricity, Infrastructure interdependencies, Governance
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: This paper uses historical analysis to explore the evolution of interdependencies between the electricity and information and communication technology (ICT) sectors in the UK. It explores the role of governance in shaping the interface between these two sectors, and subsequent implications for smart grid innovation. The analysis focuses on three periods between 1940 and 2016, with distinct institutional logics: state ownership, privatisation, and transitions to sustainability.

The interactions between the electricity and ICT sectors are analysed through Raven and Verbong’ (2007) typology: competition, symbiosis, integration and spill-over, drawing on social-technical transitions theories and discussed in terms of rules and institutions; actors and networks; and technology, artefacts and infrastructures of socio-technical regimes.

The paper finds that a way to encourage more spill-overs and integration between the electricity and the ICT sector is through a more symmetrical and integrated governance approach that takes into account the needs and characteristics of both sectors.
date: 2019-09
date_type: published
official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.006
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1642183
doi: 10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.006
lyricists_name: Benson, Philip
lyricists_name: Watson, William
lyricists_id: PMBEN89
lyricists_id: JWATS04
actors_name: Stacey, Thomas
actors_id: TSSTA20
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
volume: 32
pagerange: 140-152
citation:        Watson, J;    Hiteva, R;      (2019)    Governance of interactions between infrastructure sectors: The making of smart grids in the UK.                   Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions , 32    pp. 140-152.    10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.006 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2019.02.006>.       Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10071052/1/Watson%20SmartGridsGovernancePaperFINAL.pdf