Compared to traditional cost-of-service (COS) regulation, electricity retail competition may lead to lower costs but … higher markups. Thus, the net effect on electricity retail prices is ambiguous. This paper uses a difference … long run. Overall, retail compettion does not seem to deliver lower electricity prices to retail customers across the board …

Long-term contracts for electricity can counter market power and reduce prices in short-term markets. If electricity …? This paper combines a model of electricity retailing and a Cournot model of competition in the wholesale markets to …

The main Nordic residential electricity markets (Norway, Sweden and Finland) effectively opened to retail competition …

competitive energy supplier. Over 200 communities have voted to do this for electricity. By 2004 residential switching reached 69 …

electricity reforms on the performance of the sector. Specifically, we investigate the effectiveness of the reforms in terms of … sector performance taking into consideration various performance indicators such as electricity access, generation per capita …

her energy market; namely, electricity, natural gas, petroleum and liquefied petroleum gas industries, which requires … privatization, liberalization as well as a radical restructuring of these industries. However, there is no consensus that the … also lists some policy suggestions with crucial importance. Since the rapid electricity demand growth is the most …

Starting in 1998, the electricity market in England and Wales will be opened up to full competition, and all consumers … will be allowed to choose their electricity supplier. This promises to result in lower prices, but there will be additional … are likely to be large transfers from electricity companies (and the coal industry) to consumers, but the companies lose …