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Electricity transmission has emerged as critical for successfully liberalising power markets. This paper surveys the … may be able to increase interconnector capacity, although this is not unproblematic and raises new regulatory issues. A …
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reform in India has affected key economic variables that determine sectoral efficiency, prices and investment flows. We use …As developing countries seek to improve their economic prospects, electricity reform has been widely viewed as a … electricity reform in India, giving special regard to its political economy and regional diversity. It assesses how electricity …
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This paper provides an overview of the development of electric power transmission access, pricing and investment policies in the U.S. over the last 15 years and evaluates the current state of those policies. It includes a discussion of pre-liberalisation transmission access and pricing policies,...
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During the Summer of 2000, wholesale electricity prices in California were nearly 500% higher than they were during the … explain this increase in wholesale electricity prices. We simulate competitive benchmark prices for Summer of 2000 taking … same months in 1998 or 1999. This price explosion was unexpected and has called into question whether electricity …
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This paper explores the empirical effects of competition on technical efficiency in the context of electricity industry … were for the most part unaffected by restructuring, experienced the smallest efficiency gains over the past decade …. Investor-owned utility plants in states that restructured their wholesale electricity markets had the largest reductions in …
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Trust in Norwegian-Russian energy relations is one in the making. Both sides have actively pursued to build trust, particularly over the past decade. The process has been driven by shared economic interests, the prominence of the petroleum industry in both countries, and a desire to improve...
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alone cannot substantially postpone the discovery, production and consumption peak. We also found that the dynamics of the … main variables, namely, exploration, production and consumption, are sensitive to initial demand conditions. Postponing the … expect that a low taxation policy would encourage more exploration and production of gas and thereby stimulate higher …
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The long-term relationship between the prices of natural gas in the United Kingdom and oil-indexed natural gas in the … capacity extensions since 2005, through both pipeline and LNG regasification capacity, on this long-term relationship will be …
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Four years after the gas supply crisis of January 2009, this paper looks at the market and policy changes that have changed the European gas situation, and their implications in terms of security of supply. Several positive developments are identified, including the byapssing of Ukraine by...
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In this paper, we analyze structural changes in long-term contracts in the international trade of natural gas. Using a unique data set of 262 long-term contracts between natural gas producers and importers, we estimate the impact of different institutional, structural and technical variables on...
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