The impact of participatory policy formulation on regulatory legitimacy: the case of Great Britain’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem)

Blakelock, Elizabeth and Turnpenny, John (2022) The impact of participatory policy formulation on regulatory legitimacy: the case of Great Britain’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem). Policy & Politics, 50 (4). 507–525. ISSN 0305-5736

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Abstract

Energy markets policy in Great Britain has been largely delegated from elected representatives to a market regulator: the Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem). Regulatory legitimacy requires due process and appropriate expertise to expose the regulator to democratic influence. As the legitimacy of regulatory participation processes start to be discussed more intensively in the European context, this timely article examines the relationship between the use of policy formulation tools and the resulting legitimacy gained by an independent market regulator. It employs a detailed case study analysing how participatory policy formulation tools - deliberative focus groups with members of the public, and stakeholder consultations - were used in energy markets policy formulation in Ofgem between 2007 and 2016. Through assessing the actors, venues, capacities and effects associated with selection and use of the tools, it finds there were inequalities of influence between different policy actors which posed a significant challenge to legitimacy.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Funding Information: This research was funded by a Centre for Competition Policy PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia between 2013–2017.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	citizen participation,energy markets,energy policy,market regulation,ofgem,policy formulation,regulatory legitimacy,tools,sociology and political science,public administration,management, monitoring, policy and law ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3312
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Political, Social and International Studies Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Policy & Politics Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Science, Society and Sustainability
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	10 Jun 2022 12:30
Last Modified:	21 Jul 2023 09:58
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/85508
DOI:	10.1332/030557321X16510710879298

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