A key selling point for the restructuring of electricity markets was the promise of lower prices. There is not much … consensus in earlier studies on the effects of electricity deregulation in the U.S., particularly for residential customers … find that an increase in participation rates, price controls, a larger market, and high shares of hydro in electricity …

In January 2010 electricity retail residential rate caps expired in a large part of Pennsylvania, allowing consumers to … shop for electricity in the retail market. In this paper we employ customer-level data from the relevant territory to … alternative electricity provider, and when to make the switch. …

Residential retail competition in electricity supply was introduced in many countries and some US states as part of … electricity industry deregulation. Following problems in the electricity market in California in 2000/2001 many US states …’ willingness to switch suppliers and the potential for value added innovations. In electricity and industries such as pay-tv and …

This paper analyses the potential of biomass-based electricity in the EU-27 countries, and interactions with climate … that biomass-based electricity remains profitable with high biomass prices, when the carbon price is high: a Euros 16 …

It is well-understood that the success of liberalizing the electricity supply industry depends crucially on the quality … electricity provision in Norway. A key difference between the reform processes in the two countries relates to the lack of …

of generation from coal-fired to gas-fired plants. Modelling of Australia's National Electricity Market in 2035 is … undertaken using Australian Energy Market Operator assumptions for fuel costs, capital costs and demand forecasts. An electricity …

Electricity has played an important role in the economic development of Korea and, thus, has become a critical factor … in sustaining the well-being of the Korean people. This study attempts to investigate the impact of electricity price …–O price model to the 2011 I–O table recently produced by the Bank of Korea, paying particular attention to the electricity …

air-conditioning to maintain thermal comfort is contributing to rising peak demand and electricity prices, and is placing … Australian households. We find that the problem of peak electricity demand may be reduced through attention to the social health …

This paper investigates the causal relationship between economic growth, urbanisation and electricity consumption in … causality test is subsequently used to examine the direction of causality between economic growth, urbanisation, and electricity … causality between electricity consumption and economic growth. The feedback hypothesis is also found between urbanisation and …

electricity system, are addressed. We show that a generation mix comprising 49% hydro, 23% wind, 13% geothermal, 14% pumped hydro …. Further research into whether a market-based system is capable of delivering such a renewable electricity system is suggested. …