manipulation behind December's rising prices Did these, or other, factors permit suppliers to realize excessive profits What … March) make it possible to assess the market impact of movements in prices and supplies over the heating season as a whole … make it possible to weigh the impact of revenue gains in December and January on overall profits over the two winter …

analysis becomes: 'Can a company, acting on its own, raise electricity prices and increase its profits?' It should be noted … surrounding region would be able to support a competitive electricity market, would allow for effective competition to keep prices … more portions of the State and thereby create undue pressure on the prices charged to customers and/or inhibit new market …

Because of the recent experiences of several states undergoing restructuring (e.g., higher prices, greater volatility … supplying the state will influence the relative prices paid by consumers. The purpose of this project is to provide a model and … Dispatch (ORCED) model to evaluate marginal-cost-based and regulated prices for the state. The model dispatches the state …

very high profits. Average prices to customers could be 5% to 25% higher than regulated rates (Figure S-1). If the coal and …Because of the recent experiences of several states undergoing restructuring (e.g., higher prices, greater volatility … supplying the state will influence the relative prices paid by consumers. The purpose of this project is to provide a model and …

variety of unsettling forces. Falling oil prices, economic upswings, currency devaluations, increasingly rigorous …

long run and given the ability of the OPEC cartel to use market power to influence oil prices. Although oil prices have …

markets based on wages and prices. Firms experiment with prices and employment levels to maximize their profits. We developed …-firm economies converge toward the competitive equilibria typified by lower prices and higher output and employment, but also suffer …

state as they search for prices and employment levels that will maximize profits. In the context of this model, not only … multiple-firm economies converge toward the competitive equilibria typified by lower prices and higher output and employment …. However, we find that competition also leads to churn by consumers seeking lower prices, making it difficult for firms to …

profits. Average prices to customers could be 5% to 25% higher than regulated rates. If the coal and hydro plants are priced …Because of the recent experiences of several states undergoing restructuring (e.g., higher prices, greater volatility … supplying the state will influence the relative prices paid by consumers. The purpose of this project is to provide a model and …