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-run price elasticities of state-level electricity demand in the United States. Our sample covers the period 2003-2015. We …-level electricity demand is very price inelastic in the short run, with a same-year elasticity of -0.1. The long-run elasticity is near … demand. This appears to in part be due to electricity-intensive industrial activities clustering in low-price states …
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Distributed photo-voltaic (PV) generation is one of the pillars of energy transitions around the world, but its deployment in the distribution grid requires costly reinforcements and expansions. Prosumage - consisting of a household-level PV unit coupled with a battery storage system - has been...
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conservation. The present paper demonstrates the context-dependency of this result. We show that, outside the US, electricity …
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model of monthly plant-level electricity generation levels between 2001 and 2012, we estimate the effect of water scarcity … on the US electricity fuel mix. We find that hydroelectric generation decreases substantially in response to drought …
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This article explores how law can use individual behavior to stabilize and reduce U.S. energy consumption. Drawing on the work of social scientists and behavioral researchers, it concludes that many opportunities exist to influence individual behavior to increase energy efficiency and reduce...
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Currently, most U.S. electricity consumers pay a constant price per kWh consumed that accounts for most of their bill …
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Encouraged by the declining cost of grid-scale renewables, recent analyses conclude that the United States could reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 at relatively low cost using currently available technologies. While the cost of renewable generation has declined dramatically,...
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Economists, energy experts, and policymakers have called for accelerating investment in the U.S. electricity … transmission network. Additional transmission lines could better integrate markets, reducing the total cost of electricity … document the magnitude of static allocative inefficiencies induced by transmission congestion in two major U.S. electricity …
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In this article we discuss welfare-optimal capacity allocation of different electricity generation technologies …
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marginal cost of suppliers. The leading example is the electricity industry, where there is a capacity market clearing before … the spot market. -- capacity market ; procurement auction ; electricity market ; competitive equilibrium …
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