فصلنامه پژوهش های سیاستگذاری و برنامه ریزی انرژی
سال ششم شماره 4 (زمستان 1399)

Given the nature of the tasks and the importance and sensitivity of the missions of the Ministry of Energy, it is necessary that the staff payment system be efficient. The purpose of this study is to design a model of compensation system for employees of the Ministry of Energy. The research is a type of development-applied research and has an interpretive paradigm. In order to analyze the data, the methods of theme analysis, confirmatory factor analysis were used. The results of the theme analysis, which was conducted by semi-structured interviews with expert opinion, showed that the compensation system has six main dimensions, including Job wage, Personal wage, special allowance, performance bonus, awards and welfare, as well as It has 18 as well as 18 components including working with data, tools and people, key jobs and employees, organizational sensitivity , specific areas, education, length , personal, organizational and strategic performance, merit  and Distinguished award, fiscal and social welfare. In the next step, confirmatory factor analysis was performed to validate the model designed with a questionnaire and a survey of 384 human resource managers and experts. The results confirm the factor structure of the designed model. By providing a practical model, the research model having appropriate efficiency in the Ministry of Energy, has created a balance between fixed and incentive payments and covers the weaknesses of the compensation system of Civil Service Law.

Recently, imbalances in the electricity production and consumption in Iran, have caused critical situations at specific times of the year; meanwhile, the residential sector, with a 51 percent share, is the main reason for peak demand crisis. According to the international experiences, it can be hoped that by revising the residential electricity tariff structure, consumption pattern in this sector would be modified. Therefore in this study, according to the country’s ongoing projects and infrastructures, a new electricity tariff structure which is a combination of time-of-use and maximum-demand pricing, has been proposed. In the second part of this study, by developing an agent-based model and applying this tariff to residential consumers, their consumption behavior in peak hours is simulated. The results of these simulations, showed that by offering this tariff to consumers, the average demand of peak-hours can be reduced by 6.15 percent.

Technological entrepreneurship at oil and gas knowledge-based companies plays an important role in the growth of societies by increasing the technological capacity of the economy through the production, transfer, and dissemination of technological products in todaychr('39')s competitive era. Due to the technology-oriented nature of the oil and gas industry and the high costs of its research and development, oil and gas knowledge-based companies face a lack of internal resources such as capital and human resources in the path of technological entrepreneurship. They can overcome these challenges by adopting open innovation. Therefore, the study aimed to identify and prioritize the factors affecting the acceptance of open innovation in these companies. The study identified 8 main factors and 72 indicators affecting the choice of open innovation knowledge-based companies of Oil and Gas Technological Entrepreneurship through content analysis. Then, 15 key experts were selected by purposive sampling method to collect the opinions by a questionnaire. Data analysis and prioritization were performed through fuzzy Delphi, fuzzy Dematel, and fuzzy ANP. Findings showed that entrepreneurial characteristics (personality-behavioral), the market of high-technology products and services, technological factors and cooperation networks for innovation, core skills of the company, organizational characteristics, human resources, and government and institutions were respectively identified as the most important factors influencing the adoption of open innovation. As a result, identifying and prioritizing the factors can help to reduce the costs of research and development, develop technology, continue the growth of oil and gas knowledge-based companies, and develop the continuous progress of countries that owned oil and gas resources.

Developing a framework for policy-making and technology strategy based on ethical and social values ​​in the power and energy industry due to the fundamental role of this industry in the development of industrial societies is of particular importance in determining investment priorities, development, and operation of technologies. Considering the attention in the application of nanotechnology in the production, transmission, and distribution of power in the power and energy industry with a competitive advantage and high strategic effect, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the factors affecting the policy-making and strategy of nanotechnology in this industry. The design and development of the model are based on the moral and social value system. In this research, based on the grounded theory of the foundation and interviews with experts and coding in three open, axial, and selective stages, the conceptual model of strategy formulation and policy-making, based on ethical and social values ​​in nanotechnology of power and energy industry according to factors causal and contextual and intervening conditions were presented. In this regard, technology policy-makers, using the models of this research can observe the value gap in the process of research and development or transfer of nanotechnology. Findings show that policy-making and formulation of nanotechnology strategy based on value system can be a different framework for identifying and evaluating the interaction and interaction of nanotechnology with the community in order to increase social welfare and increase awareness of the consequences and social functions of this technology and avoid its problems.

The implementation step is one of the most important steps in the public policy process. Because the goals of the policies are achieved at this step. The aim of this study was to identify the factors affecting the effective implementation of public policies in the Ministry of Energy. This research has been Mixed research method and done using Theme Analysis Method and Structural Equation Modeling. The data collection tools were interviews and questionnaires and the statistical population was experts from the Ministry of Energy. The use of qualitative research method to identify the factors affecting the implementation of the policy in the Ministry of Energy consisted of 6 dimensions, 20 components and 110 indicators and a quantitative method for its validation. The results of this study are to present  the thematic network of factors for the effective implementation of public policies and based on contingency governance, to suggest the factors affecting the implementation of water and electricity industry policies that can be used to facilitate the achievement of policy goals. These factors include: spatial planning, Not relying on the public budget, expertise of pulicymakers, supply and demand management, Environmental Impact Assessment, Economic imbalance, Pay attention to the overall effect of the rules, Currency price changes, interests of producers and suppliers, Crisis Management, Adherence to national interests by stakeholders, The extent of the crisis, stakeholder diversity, Geographical conditions and resource constraints, Separation of governance and implementation, conflict of interest, definition of evaluation indicators, weakness water and electricity economy and consumption tariffs.

Researchers recently developed place brand theory dynamically to reflect place identity in order to attract and maintain invest in long term and develop economy. Aim of this research is to develop comprehensive model of investment attractiveness from place branding perspective empirically to increase investment attractiveness in gas industry. In this research 300 questionnaires completed by available executives and experts of National Gas Company. Constructs Reliability (Cronbachchr(chr(chr(chr(chr('39')39chr('39')) 39chr(chr('39')39chr('39')))39chr(chr(chr('39')39chr('39')) 39chr(chr('39') 39chr('39'))))39chr(chr(chr(chr('39')39chr('39')) 39chr(chr('39')39chr( '39'))) 39chr(chr(chr('39') 39chr('39')) 39chr(chr('39')39chr('39')))))s α, CR and AVE) and validity test was conducted by confirmatory factor analysis. Then the hypotheses of research were examined by structural equation modeling approach. Findings show that the place brand identity has a direct positive effect and place brand image has an indirect positive effect on investment attractiveness through place brand identity. Also, place brand identity and place brand image has mutual dynamic positive effect on each other. At same time these two factors are able to collectively explain about 78% of investment attractiveness.

The use of renewable energy sources distributed throughout power grids, especially in distribution systems, has increased significantly. With the use of solar energy in low-pressure grids and load imbalances, it is important to investigate the solution with the aim of balancing and compensating the load, minimizing the reduction in voltage, and monitoring the electrical disturbance resulting from the voltage profile and the network interaction. In this research, analysis and optimization of the electrical distortion of the local photovoltaic power plant in the weak, unbalanced four-wire low-voltage distribution grid were carried out over a specified time period. Under two scenarios, simulation on the part of Isfahanchr('39')s Jarghouyeh photovoltaic plant, which includes a 20 kV medium voltage feeder and six 400 V low-voltage and 16 Bas low-pressure power supplies, has been carried out. In the first scenario, the output of dispersed energy sources is three phases, balanced and unregulated, while in the second scenario, it is assumed that the output of these three stages is unbalanced. The results showed that the proposed model improved the voltage profile phase and the annual energy losses by 132.6 MWh.