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Electricity Unit Value Prices and Purchase Quantities: U.S. Manufacturing Plants, 1963–2000
Davis, Steven J.; Grim, Cheryl; Haltiwanger, John; … - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 95 (2013) 4, pp. 1150-1165
We measure unit value electricity prices using 2 million annual observations on U.S. manufacturing plants from 1963 to …
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The incentive to invest in thermal plants in the presence of wind generation
Di Cosmo, Valeria; Malaguzzi Valeri, Laura - In: Energy Economics 43 (2014) C, pp. 306-315
generator profits are affected by increasing wind generation. Using hourly historical data for the Irish Single Electricity … Market, we simulate new series of electricity prices, representative plant bids and wind generation. We calibrate the model … based on the negative correlation between electricity prices and wind generation. This allows us to determine that …
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Boosting Productivity in Australia
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki; Barbiero, Omar - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Australia’s productivity growth has decelerated markedly around the turn of the century. Part of the decline is probably temporary, but raising multifactor productivity is key to ensure that living standards continue to grow strongly, especially if the currently strong terms of trade weaken...
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Development scenarios for the North and Baltic Seas Grid – A welfare economic analysis
Egerer, Jonas; Kunz, Friedrich; Hirschhausen, Christian von - In: Utilities Policy 27 (2013) C, pp. 123-134
harnessing large amounts of renewable energy. This paper addresses the economic implications of different development scenarios … such a scheme, namely the incumbent electricity generating firms in France, Germany, and Poland, as well as the consumers …
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La regolazione nel settore elettrico: complessità crescente, a vantaggio di chi?
Solimene, Laura - In: ECONOMIA E POLITICA INDUSTRIALE 36 (2009) 4, pp. 37-61
<em>Increasing complexity in electricity regulation: who benefits?</em> - After a short description of the evolution of … incentive regulation, this paper explores some of the issues arisen with its implementation in the electricity sector both in …
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Enhancing Brazil's Regulatory Framework for Network Industries: The Case of Electricity, Oil and Gas, and Water and Sanitation
Almeida, Edmar Fagundes de; Mulder, Nanno - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2005
This paper assesses Brazil’s regulatory framework and agencies for several network industries (electricity, oil and gas … end, recent initiatives include a new regulatory model for the electricity sector, and new draft legislation on the role … industries, particularly in electricity, is well thought out but the risk of regulatory failure should not be underestimated …
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International Perspectives on Electricity Market Monitoring and Market Power Mitigation
García, José A.; Reitzes, James D. - In: Review of Network Economics 6 (2007) 3, pp. 397-424
We review the different market monitoring and market-power mitigation policies that arise in world electricity markets …. Regulators for electricity markets apparently respond to differences in underlying market structure and design features when … market-monitoring policies are whether the market is one-part (energy only) versus two-part (energy and capacity), and …
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The political economy of incentive regulation: Theory and evidence from US states
Guerriero, Carmine - In: Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2013) 1, pp. 91-107
The determinants of incentive regulation are an important issue in economics. More powerful rules relax allocative distortions at the cost of lower rent extraction. Hence, they should be found where the reformer is more concerned with stimulating investments by granting higher expected profits,...
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Putting a floor on energy savings: Comparing state energy efficiency resource standards
Palmer, Karen L.; Grausz, Samuel; Beasley, Blair; … - In: Utilities Policy 25 (2013) C, pp. 43-57
achieve quantitative goals for reducing energy use by a certain year. EERS policies generally apply to electricity and natural … gas sales and electricity peak demand, though they also cover other energy sources in Europe. Our study aggregates …Energy efficiency resource standards (EERS) refer to policies that require utilities and other covered entities to …
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Heterogeneous effects of regulation on the efficiency of the electricity industry across European Union countries
Pompei, Fabrizio - In: Energy Economics 40 (2013) C, pp. 569-585
productivity (TFP) growth in the electricity sectors of 19 European Union countries for the period 1994–2007. Both the OECD …
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