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This paper evaluates an intervention that randomized information letters about energy efficient investments and behaviors among 120,000 customers of two utilities in Germany. We find that conservation effects differ considerably between both utilities, ranging from a precisely estimated zero...
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conservation. The present paper demonstrates the context-dependency of this result. We show that, outside the US, electricity …
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paper demonstrates that such cost-free allocation, commonly called grandfathering, implies an increase in electricity prices … even when strong competition prevails on electricity markets. As our estimations for Germany¿s power sector show, these … heavily from the ETS-induced electricity price increases. We therefore argue that an abrupt transition to a complete …
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reductions of nuclear capacities after the Fukushima accident. We find that high electricity infeed from renewable sources …
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We derive optimal subsidization of renewable energies in electricity markets. The analysis takes into account that … well as electricity generation may be sources of externalities. The main result is that generation subsidies should … correspond to externalities of electricity generation (e.g., greenhouse gas reductions), and investment subsidies should …
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In many countries, the transition process towards a low-carbon economy has been associated with increasing electricity … prices. Microeconometric evaluations of the causal impact of electricity price changes on plant-level outcomes are rare … effects of electricity levy exemptions using a fuzzy regression discontinuity (RD) design. The results indicate that exempted …
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We derive optimal subsidization of renewable energies in electricity markets. The analysis takes into account that … well as electricity generation may be sources of externalities. The main result is that generation subsidies should … correspond to externalities of electricity generation (e.g., greenhouse gas reductions), and investment subsidies should …
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paper demonstrates that such cost-free allocation, commonly called grandfathering, implies an increase in electricity prices … even when strong competition prevails on electricity markets.As our estimations for Germany’s power sector show, these … heavily from the ETS-induced electricity price increases.We therefore argue that an abrupt transition to a complete auctioning …
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Energy-efficient biomass cookstoves (EEBC) are an important technology for the three billion people relying on firewood and charcoal for cooking in the Global South. This paper assesses the price-responsiveness of demand for EEBC and the role of information about health and economic benefits....
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. The Commission’s justification for the phase-out of conventional light bulbs maintains that a reduction in the electricity …
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