EEEP ("Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy") is a new journal published by IAEE ("International Association for Energy Economics"). It has been launched in January 2012 and circulated more than 4 000 copies in its first year of existence.

1. Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy
Jean-Michel Glachant (Editor in Chief)
2nd Editorial Board Meeting
September 12, 2012, Venice

2. Overview
EEEP Aims and Scope
• EEEP has been established as a new, policy-oriented IAEE
publication in 2011
• Published from 2012 twice a year in March and September,
each issue (approx. 125 pages)
• Focuses on all policy issues in the interface between energy
and environmental economics
… provides a scholarly and research-based, yet easily read and
accessible source of information on contemporary economic
thinking and analysis of energy and environmental policy
… shall nurture a dialogue between academics, business and
public authorities
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3. Overview
Editorial Team
• Editor-in-Chief: Jean-Michel Glachant
(European University Institute, Italy)
• Co-Editors: Paul Joskow (Sloan Foundation),
Michael Pollitt (Cambridge University)
• Book Review Editor: Einar Hope
(Norwegian School of Economics and
Business Administration)
• Managing Editor: Sophia Ruester
(Florence School of Regulation)
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4. Editorial Board
Members
Nasser Al-Dossary Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia A. Iwayemi University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Joseph Aldy Harvard University, USA Henry Jacoby Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eirik Amundsen University of Bergen, Norway John Jimison Energy Future Coalition, USA
Toshi Arimura Waseda University, Japan G. Lundberg Vattenfall, Sweden
Carlo A. Bollino University of Perugia, Italy J. –P. Montero Catholic University of Chile, Chile
J. Boucher GdF-Suez, France Karsten Neuhoff German Institute for Economic Research
Derek Bunn London Business School, UK David Newbery Cambridge University, UK
James Bushnell Iowa State University and NBER Shonali Pachauri IIASA, Austria
Claude Crampes University of Toulouse, France Karen Palmer Resources for the Future, USA
E. de Almeida Federal University Rio de Janeiro Andre Plourde Carleton University, Canada
Jos Delbeke European Commission, Belgium I. Perez-Arriaga Comillas University, Spain
Ottmar Edenhofer PIC, Germany Juan Rosellon CIDE, Mexico
Paolo Frankl International Energy Agency Fabien Roques CERA, France
Richard Green Imperial College, UK Maria Vagliasindi The World Bank, USA
N.H. von der Fehr University of Oslo, Norway C.v. Hirschhausen Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Ben Hobbs Johns Hopkins University, USA Adonis Yatchew University of Toronto, Canada
Mine Yucel Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, USA
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5. Editorial Board
Your role within EEEP
• Proposing papers for submission and/or books to be reviewed
• Reviewing selected contributions
• Possibility to propose „Symposia“
– i.e. collection of 3 to 5 outstanding papers addressing a specific topic,
accompanied by an introduction to the papers, for publication in EEEP
– … would, of course, also go through classical peer-review process
ANY IDEAS?
• Supporting EEEP‘s establishment as a core journal between
academics, policy, and industry

6. Past activities
Establishment of this new Journal
2011
•Preparation of this new publication in close cooperation between IAEE
headquarters and a working group chaired by Einar Hope
•Editorial team has been built up
•Journal website, article submission & referee guidelines and online
submission portal have been established; call for papers and flyers have been
distributed, etc.
2012
•Completion of three issues (inaugural issue with invited contributions + two
regular issues)
•Regular issues include:
– (1) symposium of papers addressing a specific topic
– (2) Regular articles coming from open submission process
– (3) Book reviews
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7. EEEP Vol. 1 (1)
Inaugural Issue
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8. EEEP Vol. 1 (2)
First regular issue
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9. EEEP Vol. 1 (3)
Second regular
issue
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10. Reflections after one year of publication
Submission statistics
2011 2012
(April – December) (January –
August)
# of submissions 29 30
Rejections (immediate) 13 21
Rejections (after referee feedback) 8 3
Accepted regular submissions 4 2
Currently with authors for revision 4 1
Currently with referees 0 3
Intake of new papers continuously increased slightly
… but it remains a challenge to attract the higher-quality papers, given competition
from other journals and the challenges that are accompanied with the establishment
of a completely new publication (e.g. no impact factors available yet)
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11. Reflections after one year of publication
Topics covered in open submissions
04-12/2011 01-08/2012
Energy sectors
Oil and natural gas markets 7 2
Coal markets 1 1
Renewable energies and environmental economics 10 13
Nuclear energy 1 1
Electricity markets 5 5
Energy demand 1 5
Special topics in energy and environmental policy
Objectives and instruments in climate policy 6 5
Energy market design 1 3
Infrastructure regulation and regulatory policy 1 1
Competition policy (including market power issues, etc.) - 2
Emission trading 3 2
Policy of international negotiations and agreements on environmental issues - 2
Energy, environment and developing countries 9 5
Institutions for policy formation and enforcement - -
Sustainability of energy systems 4 2
Energy systems in city planning - 1
Demand response tools 1 1
Energy security 1 2
Renewable energy policy 10 5
Technology and innovation policy 4 -
Energy efficiency policy 6 3
Natural resources policy for energy extractive industries 1 -
Transportation policy - -
Taxation and financial policy issues - -
Private-public partnership in energy industries - - 11

12. Reflections after one year of publication
Editorial statistics
Total IAEE membership worldwide 3400
EEEP copies printed per issue 5000 (7500 Inaugural Issue)
Total numbers of papers published in Volume 1, 2012 26
Average number of pages per EEEP issue in 2012 140 pp.
Referees per submitted paper 2-4
Average time submission to feedback to authors 3.2 months
(if no immediate rejection)
Average time submission to final acceptance 5.3 months
Average time submission to publication 10 months
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13. Future activities
Schedule until March 2013 - EEEP Vol. 2 (1)
[Regular articles submitted through open call-for-papers]
Submission- / review- / Preparation of Printing
resubmission process final manuscripts
1// Regular submissions 15.12. 10.01. March 2012
2// Articles to referees (min. 2 Target for last Target for last final Publication
referee reports) final submissions manuscripts to be
3// Feedback to authors targeted sent to IAEE for
to be sent after 8 weeks typesetting
4// Possibly resubmission going
back into referee loop
5// Final decision by editors
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14. Further points for discussion
EEEP in a world where technology and
competition change
… and where we see a world-wide
movement for better and faster access
to research publications
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