with the welfare-maximum benchmark and cases of Transco with cost-plus regulation and no regulation. In all tested cases …

We employ a detailed two-stage model to simulate the operation of the Central Eastern European electricity market and …

decisions of 109 electricity distribution companies operating in Germany in 2006-2012. We hypothesize that Germany …'s implementation of incentive regulation in 2009 has a negative impact on total investment, and that firms increase their investments … with the German data. The results show that investments increase after incentive regulation, and that the institutional …

We discuss the implications of two price zones, i.e. one northern and southern bidding area, on the German electricity … capacities in a system exposed to structural regional imbalances. Using a line sharp electricity sector model, this paper … analyzes the system implications and the distributional effects of two bidding zones in the German electricity system in 2012 …

To date, the distributive implications of incentive regulation on electricity transmission networks have not been … price-cap incentive regulation for electricity transmission. We find that a regulator's use of ideal (Laspeyres) weights … efficiency under price-cap regulation have not yet been identified. To discern these parameters is the motivation for the …

The informationally simple approach to incentive regulation applies mechanisms that translate the regulator’s objective … traditions and is shown to apply well to electricity transmission pricing and investment. In particular, it induces immediately …

In 2008, the European Commission investigated E.ON, a large and vertically integrated electricity company, for the … divestitures on German wholesale electricity prices. Our identification strategy is based on the observation that energy suppliers … convergence between peak and off-peak prices. Using daily electricity prices for the 2006 - 2012 period and controlling for cost …

We analyze the current regulatory regime for electricity transmission in Germany, which combines network planning with …