Energy efficiency provides a substantial opportunity to tackle increasing greenhouse gas emissions. However, in … motivation of utilities to invest in energy efficiency. This paper therefore investigates the relation between the regulatory … demand and efficiency in the U.S. To address the research question at hand, we follow recent developments in energy demand …

monopsony prices. Subsidizing energy efficiency to reduce electricity demand at the margin can solve that problem, if energy … building that plant" was the result of monopsony. A regulator acting as a monopsonist may need to avoid rationing demand at … efficiency and electricity use are substitutes. We may not observe these effects if the regulator can set price as well as …

monopsony prices. Subsidizing energy efficiency to reduce electricity demand at the margin can solve that problem, if energy … building that plant” was the result of monopsony. A regulator acting as a monopsonist may need to avoid rationing demand at … efficiency and electricity use are substitutes. We may not observe these effects if the regulator can set price as well as …

efficiency. But coordination enables whoever controls such resources to exercise market power. The paper establishes the … following efficiency rankings of market structures: Aggregators competing for FDRs are more efficient than a distribution system …

While the link between the ownership and productive efficiency of firms has been discussed extensively, no consensus … flexible production model to test for efficiency differences associated with ownership types while allowing the production to … public and private utilities' efficiency …