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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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In this paper, we study the predictive power of electricity consumption data for regional economic activity. Using … unique weekly and monthly electricity consumption data for the second-largest German state, the Free State of Bavaria, we … conduct a pseudo out-of-sample forecasting experiment for the monthly growth rate of Bavarian industrial production. We find …
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For a long time, Norway has had resource rent taxes on oil- and natural gas extraction as well as on hydropower generation. Recently, resource rent taxes have also been levied on aquaculture, and wind power generation. This paper, gives a short overview of the rent theory, the basis for rent...
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Myriad policy measures aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the electricity sector, promote generation from … lower electricity prices. Even with multiple market failures, emissions pricing remains the single most cost …
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in electricity demand. In response, American energy multinationals have built power plants just south of the border that … export most of their electricity to the United States. This development has stirred considerable controversy because these …
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in electricity demand. In response, American energy multinationals have built power plants just south of the border that … export most of their electricity to the United States. This development has stirred considerable controversy because these …
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Storm-related service outages in electricity and telecommunications have created public controversies regarding the …
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generate revenue and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Imposing a carbon tax on electricity production based on the social cost … electricity markets. The sources of emissions reductions in the sector depend on the level of the tax. A carbon tax based on lower …
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Twenty states in the United States have adopted energy efficiency resource standards (EERS) that specify absolute or per¬centage reductions in energy use relative to business as usual. We examine how an EERS compares to policies oriented to meeting objectives, such as reducing greenhouse gas...
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