Betrachtet man die Veränderungen im letzten Jahrzehnt, so gibt die Entwicklung der Elektrizitätswirtschaftin der heutigen Bundesrepublik Deutschland ein nahezu allumfassendes Bildvon der Transformation einer rein öffentlichen Aufgabe bis hin zu einem rein privatem Gut.Dabei spielten anfangs...

Massive digitalization advances have made demand response (DR) programs feasible in the residential sector; however, most households in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region do not know about these types of programs. In this report, the authors explore experiments about the willingness of...

Durch die Katastrophe von Fukushima im Frühjahr 2011 ist ein beschleunigter Atom-ausstieg in Deutschland beschlossen worden. Parallel steigen die Öl- und Benzin-preise dramatisch aufgrund der politischen Instabilität in der arabischen Welt. Grund genug für eine grundlegende Energiewende mit...

This paper analyses the interdependencies existing in wholesale European electricity prices. The results of a multivariate long run dynamic analysis of weekly median prices reveal the presence of a strong although not perfect integration among some neighboring markets considered in the sample...

This paper analyzes the effects of supervisors' (i.e., regulators and judges) selection rules on regulated prices. A checks and balances' regulatory review process strengthens the role of the judicial power and election increases the populism of implicitly motivated supervisors. Election arises...

This paper analyses the forecasting power of weekly futures prices at Nord Pool. The forecasting power of futures prices is compared to an ARIMAX model of the spot price. The time series model contains lagged external variables such as: temperature, precipitation, reservoir levels and the basis...

This paper analyzes the constitutional determinants of cost reimbursement rules. In order to design the optimal incentive schemes, a possibly partisan planner will take into account the market cost structure, the institutional design of the supervision hierarchical structure and its technology....

This policy brief presents a long term assessment of low-carbon energies including renewables, nuclear and fossil energy with CCS. It targets the electricity sector from a global to a regional perspective and from centralized to decentralized energy systems. The policy brief aims at finding...

This paper investigates whether European electricity market refirms have induced any changes infirm efficiency either through productive, allocative or dynamic efficiency improve- ments. In particular, this ex-post analysis looks closely at productivity e ects of changing industry structure,...