Dr Helen Poulter
OrganisationScience Technology and Innovation Studies
I am an interdisciplinary research fellow with a background in land management, renewable energy engineering and energy governance. I am currently working on a UKERC project investigating the use of customer engagement strategies in the regulation of monopoly energy networks and how customer engagement may need to be framed for an increasingly decentralised energy system.
Research Interests
Sustainability Climate change and energy policy Behaviour Change Interventions Decentralisation energy justice Regulation and innovation
Research Overview
My research is primarily concerned with the governance of local and regional energy systems. I am investigating the role of regulation in meeting the UK net-zero target which will require an increase in trust from customers towards the energy industry and institutions to ensure a fair and just transition.
Current Projects
UKERC Theme 2 - Local and regional energy systems: Investigating regulatory governance for decentralisation
Completed Projects
IGov2 - Innovation for future energy systems (PhD funding)
UKERC mini project - Governance for disruption and continuity
Poulter, H. 2020. Australia: from central electricity to solar/storage systems. In: Burger, C et al (eds.), Decentralised Energy. London: Ubiquity Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/bcf.c
Judson, E., Fitch-Roy, O., Pownall, T., Bray, R., Poulter, H., Soutar, I., R. Lowes, P.M. Connor, J.Britton, B.Woodman, Mitchell, C. (2020). The centre cannot (always) hold: Examining pathways towards energy system de-centralisation. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.109499
UKERC. (2019). Disrupting the UK energy system : causes, impacts and policy implications, (June), 40.