Purpose – Under the Kyoto protocol, emissions trading was imposed upon the Nordic Nord Pool Spot market in 2005. The purpose of this paper is to identify and characterize an important side‐effect of emissions trading on electricity spot market price behavior by statistically comparing price...

Purpose – This paper aims to study the rationality of residential electricity customers' decision-making based on their behavior in liberalized electricity markets. Design/methodology/approach – Finnish residential customers' saving opportunities from supplier switching are studied by using...

Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to analyze the development needs and opportunities in the distribution system operators’ (DSO) tariff structures in the smart-grid environment. Design/methodology/approach – The impacts of the distribution pricing schemes for the stakeholders and their...