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In 2008, the European Commission investigated E.ON, a large and vertically integrated electricity company, for the … divestitures on German wholesale electricity prices. Our identification strategy is based on the observation that energy suppliers … convergence between peak and off-peak prices. Using daily electricity prices for the 2006 - 2012 period and controlling for cost …
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This paper exploits the randomness and exogeneity of weather conditions to identify the economic cost of decarbonization through renewable energy (RE) support policies. We find that both the aggregate cost and the distribution of cost between energy producers and consumers vary significantly...
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by the utilities after two decades of reforms? We focus on electricity, gas, water, telephone in the EU 15 Member States …
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-sharp representation. A cost minimizing mixed-integer problem (MIP) model calculates where in the European electricity grid expansion needs …
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planning of generators and cannot not be fully diminished by wind forecasts. In this paper we develop a stochastic electricity … market model to analyze the impact of uncertain wind generation on the different electricity markets as well as network … of the electricity markets is incorporated by a rolling planning procedure reflecting the market regime of European …
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). Taking into account the repeated nature of electricity markets, we check the robustness of the argument that the access to … respect to the finite horizon assumption. This paper proposes a model of the electricity market where firms sign long …
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The literature on deregulated electricity markets generally assumes available capacities to be given. In contrast, this …
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This study analyzes the effects of additional interconnection on welfare and competition in the Irish electricity … market. I simulate the wholesale electricity markets of Great Britain and the island of Ireland for 2005. I find that in …
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the potential of harnessing large amounts of renewable electricity, but also concerns about the implementation in largely … electricity generators in France, Germany, and Poland, and the consumers in low-price countries, e.g. Norway and Sweden. Merchant …
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Carbon taxes are commonly seen as a rational policy response to climate change, but little is known about their performance from an ex-post perspective. This paper analyzes the emissions and cost impacts of the UK CPS, a carbon tax levied on all fossil-fired power plants. To overcome the problem...
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