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Wind Power Price Trends in the United States: Struggling to Remain Competitive in the Face of Strong Growth
Bolinger, Mark A; Wiser, Ryan - 2009
The amount of wind power capacity being installed globally is surging, with the United States the world leader in terms of annual market share for three years running (2005-2007). The rapidly growing market for wind has been a double-edged sword, however, as the resulting supply-demand imbalance...
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The role of analytical models: Issues and frontiers
Blair, P. - 2008
A number of modeling attempts to analyze the implications of increasing competition in the electric power industry … producers, were not considered. More recently in the course of the policy debate over increasing competition, a number of models … interpret altemative scenarios or other means of increasing competition in the electric power industry in the terms of existing …
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Energy and environmental efficiency in competitive power markets
Warwick, W.M. - 2009
sales. The conventional wisdom is that active wholesale power markets with competition among alternative generators will … competition have remained silent about potential environmental consequences. However, skeptics of increased competition, including …
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The role of amenities and other factors in influencing the location of nonmanufacturing industry in the United States
Allison, T.; Calzonetti, F.J. - 2008
Consumer and producer services, the latter in particular, are expected to become an important means of diversification and employment growth to the economy of Nevada. It has been suggested that the siting of the nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, will lead to a significant...
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The Value of Renewable Energy as a Hedge Against Fuel Price Risk: Analytic Contributions from Economic and Finance Theory
Bolinger, Mark A; Wiser, Ryan - 2009
For better or worse, natural gas has become the fuel of choice for new power plants being built across the United States. According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), natural gas-fired units account for nearly 90% of the total generating capacity added in the U.S. between 1999 and...
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Using government purchasing power to reduce equipment standby power
Harris, Jeffrey; Meier, Alan; Bartholomew, Emily; … - 2008
Although the government sector represents only 10 to 15 percent of the economy in most countries, carefully targeted public procurement can play a significant role in market transformation through its influence on both buyers and suppliers. Government leadership in energy-efficient purchasing...
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The Outlook for U.S. Oil Dependence
Greene, D.L. - 2008
Market share OPEC lost in defending higher prices from 1979-1985 is being steadily regained and is projected to exceed 50% by 2000. World oil markets are likely to be as vulnerable to monopoly influence as they were 20 years ago, as OPEC regains lost market share. The US economy appears to be as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436141
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The Potential Economic Impact of Electricity Restructuring in the State of Oklahoma: Phase II Report
Hadley, SW - 2008
Because of the recent experiences of several states undergoing restructuring (e.g., higher prices, greater volatility, lower reliability), concerns have been raised in states currently considering restructuring as to whether their systems are equally vulnerable. Factors such as local generation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436144
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The changing structure of the electric power industry: An update
2009
The U. S. electric power industry today is on the road to restructuring a road heretofore uncharted. While parallels can be drawn from similar journeys taken by the airline industry, the telecommunications industry, and, most recently, the natural gas industry, the electric power industry has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436157
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Electric utility restructuring and the California biomass energy industry
Morris, G. - 2009
principle that market deregulation and competition will bring down the cost of electricity for all classes of customers. It …
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