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Vertical Arrangements, Market Structure, and Competition An Analysis of Restructured U.S. Electricity Markets
Bushnell, James B. - 2007
This paper examines vertical arrangements in electricity markets. Vertically integrated wholesalers, or those with long-term contracts, have less incentive to raise wholesale prices when retail prices are determined beforehand. For three restructured markets, we simulate prices that define...
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Retail Electricity Competition
Joskow, Paul L. - 2004
We analyze a number of unstudied aspects of retail electricity competition. We first explore the implications of load … homogeneous up to a scaling factor. In general, the combination of retail competition and load profiling does not yield the second … consumption, retail competition yields the Ramsey prices even when consumers can only partially respond to variations in real time …
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Reliability and Competitive Electricity Markets
Joskow, Paul L. - 2004
Despite all of the talk about deregulation' of the electricity sector, a large number of non-market mechanisms have been imposed on emerging competitive wholesale and retail markets. These mechanisms include spot market price caps, operating reserve requirements, non-price rationing protocols,...
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On the Efficiency of Competitive Electricity Markets With Time-Invariant Retail Prices
Borenstein, Severin - 2003
The standard economic model of efficient competitive markets relies on the ability of sellers to charge prices that vary as their costs change. Yet, there is no restructured electricity market in which most retail customers can be charged realtime prices (RTP), prices that can change as...
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The Competitive Effects of Transmission Capacity in a Deregulated Electricity Industry
Borenstein, Severin - 1997
capacity on competition among" generators. We show that there may be no relationship between the effect of a transmission line …" in spurring competition and the actual electricity that flows on the line. We then investigate the" equilibria that are … relatively small investments in transmission may yield surprisingly large" payoffs in terms of increased competition …
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The Competitive Effects of Transmission Infrastructure in the Indian Electricity Market
Ryan, Nicholas - 2017
India, seeking to reduce electricity shortages, set up a new power market, in which transmission constraints sharply limit trade between regions. I use confidential bidding data to estimate the costs of power supply and simulate market outcomes with more transmission capacity. I find that the...
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Spatial Competition, Strategic Entry Responses, and the North Dakota Railroad War of 1905
Syverson, Chad - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
The North Dakota Railroad War of 1905, which pitted a potential entrant (the Soo Line) against an established monopolist incumbent (the Great Northern Railway), offers a lucid empirical example of strategic behavior, and in particular the potential for entry deterrence through product...
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Elected versus Appointed Regulators : Theory and Evidence
Coate, Stephen - 2000
This paper contrasts direct election with political appointment of regulators. When regulators are appointed, regulatory policy becomes bundled with other policy issues the appointing politicians are responsible for. Since regulatory issues are not salient for most voters, regulatory policy...
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Coal-Fired Power Plant Retirements in the U.S
Davis, Rebecca J.; Holladay, J. Scott; Sims, Charles - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
We summarize the history of U.S. coal-fired plant retirements over the last decade, describe planned future retirements, and forecast the remaining operating life for every operating coal-fired generator. We summarize the technology and location trends that are correlated with the observed...
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Impacts of the Clean Air Act on the Power Sector from 1938-1994 : Anticipation and Adaptation
Clay, Karen; Jha, Akshaya; Lewis, Joshua A.; Severnini, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
The passage of landmark government regulation is often the culmination of evolving social pressure and incremental policy change. During this process, firms may preemptively adjust behavior in anticipation of impending regulation, making it difficult to quantify the overall economic impact of...
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