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This paper explores demand side management (DSM) strategies, including both demand response and energy efficiency policies. The aim is to uncover what features might strengthen DSM effectiveness. We first look at key features of residential energy demand and the limits to energy indicators. We...
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As developing countries seek to improve their economic prospects, electricity reform has been widely viewed as a … electricity reform in India, giving special regard to its political economy and regional diversity. It assesses how electricity …
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, hail, temperatures, rainfall and thunder) on the performance of electricity distribution networks in the UK. The results …
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paper examines the effects of the application of norm models within an ex-post incentive regulation of electricity …
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Liberalisation of generation and supply activities in the electricity sectors is often followed by regulatory reform of … behaviour by firms. We also present a survey of issues encountered by electricity regulators. We then use the Data Envelopment …
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The 1990s witnessed a worldwide trend toward electricity sector reforms in developed and developing economies. These … technically and financially less efficient electricity systems with less developed private sectors, weak economic and political …
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Liberalisation has had a marked effect on innovative activities in the electricity industry. R&D and patenting … activities are generally regarded respectively as innovative inputs to and outputs from technological progress. Electricity … activity in the UK electricity sector. The results indicate that electricity related patents in non-nuclear and renewable …
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incentive regulation of electricity distribution companies, regulators throughout Europe have started regulating quality of …-incorporated regulation. We find that the external cost for quality has not played a major role in Norwegian electricity distribution. …
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The growing stream of municipal solid waste requires a sustainable waste management strategy. Meanwhile, addressing climate change and security of energy supply concerns require increased use of low-carbon and domestic sources of energy. This paper assesses the economic and policy aspects of...
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Since the early 1980’s, many countries have implemented electricity sector reform, many of which have bundled … countries. Our survey finds a variety of methods used by the electricity regulators although with a notable preference for the … issues and lessons for best practice implementation of benchmarking in electricity regulation. …
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