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This paper provides an overview of the development of electric power transmission access, pricing and investment policies in the U.S. over the last 15 years and evaluates the current state of those policies. It includes a discussion of pre-liberalisation transmission access and pricing policies,...
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paper examines the effects of the application of norm models within an ex-post incentive regulation of electricity … strategically and increase their prices. We also find that investor-owned utilities reduce (inflate) their average cost if they …
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The paper conducts a social cost benefit analysis of the privatisation and restructuring of state-owned Central … Electricity Generating Board whichn generated and transmitted all publicly supplied electricity in England and Wales until 1990. …
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Driven by fear of underinvestment in network assets, merchant investment in electricity transmission networks (MTI) is …
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Liberalisation of generation and supply activities in the electricity sectors is often followed by regulatory reform of … behaviour by firms. We also present a survey of issues encountered by electricity regulators. We then use the Data Envelopment …
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replaced by cost-reflective rates that ensure stable electricity supply. The net outage cost (having adjusted for a cost …Public electricity provision in Africa has been marred by under investment and frequent power outages.One of the … without cost however. Extant literatures on outage cost estimation have shown that firms possessing certain characteristics …
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requires either a 70% higher on-grid electricity tariff or carbon price support of approximately US$50/tonne CO2 in the absence … available for increasing the return on the CCS investment include: enhanced oil recovery (EOR), a premium electricity tariff …
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, regulated revenue. This paper analyses the dynamic behaviour of inefficiency for a balanced panel of 128 Norwegian electricity …
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This paper explores demand side management (DSM) strategies, including both demand response and energy efficiency policies. The aim is to uncover what features might strengthen DSM effectiveness. We first look at key features of residential energy demand and the limits to energy indicators. We...
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this regulatory process, incentives are put in place to improve the cost efficiency of network companies by rewarding good …
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