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Industrial structure and privatisation of the Slovenian electricity industry
Hrovatin, N. - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001369253
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A look upstream : electricity market restructuring, risk, procurement contracts and efficiency
Di Maria, Corrado; Lange, Ian; Lazarova, Emiliya A. - 2014 - This version: November 25, 2014
This paper analyzes theoretically and empirically how upstream markets are affected by deregulation downstream …. Deregulation tends to increase the level of uncertainty in the upstream market. Our theoretical analysis predicts that deregulated … plants. On the other hand, we also find that transaction costs may have increased as a consequence of deregulation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464693
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Who (else) benefits from electricity deregulation? : coal prices, natural gas and price discrimination
Hughes, Jonathan E.; Lange, Ian - 2018
, distributional effects have been more difficult to assess. In the electricity sector, deregulation has vastly increased information … impact of deregulation. This also means policies that change fuel prices can have substantially different effects on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011936281
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Transparency in electricity markets
Fehr, Nils-Henrik M. von der - 2013
The European Commission is introducing new regulations on submission and publication of data in electricity markets (SPDEM) and on wholesale energy market integrity and transparency (REMIT). I discuss issues relevant for undertaking an evaluation such regulations. I argue that, for market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009745912
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The impact of the regulatory reform process on R&D investment of European electricity utilities : conference paper
Schmitt, Stephan; Kucsera, Denes - 2013 - This version: 25.10.2012
The aim of this paper is to give deeper insights into the impact of regulatory reforms and privatization on R&D spending of electricity utilities. Building on a panel data set including the biggest European utilities from eight EU-countries over a period from 1985 until 2010, we find a strong...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337284
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Network unbundling and flawed coordination : lessons from electricity and railways
Brunekreeft, Gert - 2014
What is a good balance between competition and coordination in network industries? Network unbundling aims to promote competition, but this has to be balanced against the downside of unbundling: firm-internal coordination falls away and must be replaced by external market mechanisms. This is a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423547
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Two price zones for the German electricity market : market implications and distributional effects
Egerer, Jonas; Weibezahn, Jens; Hermann, Hauke - 2015
We discuss the implications of two price zones, i.e. one northern and southern bidding area, on the German electricity market. In the northern zone, continuous capacity additions with low variable costs cause large regional supply surpluses in the market dispatch while conventional capacity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010479927
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A vision of the European energy future? : the impact of the German response to the Fukushima earthquake
Grossi, Luigi; Heim, Sven; Waterson, Michael - 2014
The German response to the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident was possibly the most significant change of policy towards nuclear power outside Japan, leading to a sudden and very significant shift in the underlying power generation structure in Germany. This provides a very useful natural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010388537
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Unexpected Consequences of Liberalisation : Metering, Losses, Load Profiles and Cost Settlement in Spain’s Electricity System
Batalla-Bejerano, Joan - 2015
European energy markets have undergone a major transformation as they have advanced towards market liberalisation and it is vital that the details of these developments be carefully examined. The success of liberalisation is based on smart regulation, which has been capable of providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014898
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Legally Separated Joint Ownership of Bidder and Auctioneer : Illustrated by the Partial Deregulation of the EU Electricity Markets
Van Koten, Silvester - 2008
In the EU electricity industry, many Vertically Integrated Utilities (VIUs) have ownership both of electricity generators and of transmission, hence VIU-owned or allied generators often are bidders in auctions for VIU-owned transmission. In Van Koten (2006) I show that welfare suffers and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012724805