We examine electricity market reform in Brazil: from the 1990s till 2004 the largely hydro-powered market cleared using …

carbon cost in the electricity market price. Finally, a fuel switch increases solar-induced abatement, whereas it wind …

network charges and the official census data for Germany, we study the impact of rising electricity costs on plant performance … in German Manufacturing. Electricity network charges are determined through regulation in Germany and therefore exogenous … their competitiveness and employment effects play an important role in the policy debate. Using micro-data on electricity …

Electricity generation based on renewable energy (RE) sources such as wind and solar replace the most expensive … generators that often rely on fossil fuels. In response to RE promotion, wholesale electricity prices and carbon emissions are … therefore expected to decrease. In interconnected electricity systems, this so-called merit- order effect stimulates a change in …