6/21/2018 Power fluctuations: How Japan’s nuclear infrastructure priorities influence electric utilities’ clout - ScienceDirect https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629618304079 1/29 Get rights and content • • • • • Energy Research & Social Science Volume 41, July 2018, Pages 158167 Original research article Power fluctuations: How Japan’s nuclear infrastructure priorities influence electric utilities’ clout Jennifer F. Sklarew Show more https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2018.04.036 Highlights Economic and political factors shape energy system trajectories in complex ways. Japan’s case shows how energy infrastructure priorities empower accountable actors. These priorities create conflicts in investment responsibility and market design. If shocks like Fukushima rapidly alter priorities and power, system changes may begin. And yet, prior investment can entrench priorities, power, and energy systems. Abstract Analyzing Japan’s situation, this study examines how shifts in national government prioritization of infrastructure for large baseload electricity sources influence the political power of entities Outline Download Export