Highly volatile electricity prices are becoming a more frequent and unwanted characteristic of modern electricity …

This book analyses the impact of electricity market reform on investment in the power industry. It considers the … implications of more open and competitive markets for the security of electricity supply. Some of electricity’s uses are essential … components of modern life. Security of electricity supply is an important policy objective in virtually all modern economies …

by regulatory reform. It updates the 1999 IEA publication “Electricity Market Reform - an IEA Handbook”, and is the …Most OECD countries, and many countries outside the OECD, are now deeply engaged in a reform of their electricity … electricity, aimed at maximising consumer choice. It also highlights the development of new approaches to regulation of the …

How will the introduction of electricity market competition affect power generation and transmission technology? Which …-effective technologies. All electricity generation technologies are affected: those for existing and new plants as well as those for … still a place for conventional steam and other power plants. New government policies for technology support and …