Reviewing the development of network access charges in the German electricity market since 2002 reveals significant variation. While some firms continually increased or decreased their access charges, a variety of firms exhibited discontinuousn behavior with price changes in both directions....

The paper deals with the ways to secure power industry development at a regional level. Requirements and peculiarities of regional energy strategies. The fact that the mentioned strategies act as a tool of priority actualization in terms of regional energy infrastructure development. The...

More than 40% of China's total CO2 emissions originate from the power industry. The realization of energy saving and emission reduction within China's power industry is therefore crucial in order to achieve CO2 emissions reduction in this country. This paper applies the...

This paper focuses on the institutional framework for sulfur dioxide emission information disclosure (SDEID) in power industries. The authors argue that mandatory and voluntary SDEID are two complementary regulatory instruments for emission reduction in the power industry. An analytical...

Worldwide, for the last two decades, energy network industries have undergone major changes in terms of industrial organization and competitiveness. Led by a combination of economic, technological, political and ideological forces, these industries are now less and less protected and controlled...

The Brazilian electric sector went through a redesign of its structure in the mid-1990s. This reform initiated a transition to a more competitive environment in the generation and supply of electricity with a wider participation of private companies. The rationing of electricity in 2001/2002...

This paper examines the reaction of KLCI and five major power sector stocks listed on Bursa Malaysia to the changes in the world spot oil price using cointegration technique and impulse response analysis. Results indicate the existence of a long run positive relationship of world spot oil price...

Chile's regulatory framework introduced in 1982 remained unchanged for more than 20 years. The reform had a positive effect, but several warning signals appeared by the end of the 1990s indicating the need to introduce changes. The most important problems were the lack of competition in the...