This paper describes the current state of the Macedonian electricity sector. It looks at ongoing structural changes …, driven by the gradual adoption of the EU acquis on energy, and comes up with estimates for electricity subsidies. It …

In the new framework of competitive electricity markets, all power market participants need accurate price forecasting … perspective. Short term spot electricity price forecasting techniques are either inspired from electrical engineering literature … tools. Electricity price forecasts characterize significant information that can help captive power producer, independent …

In the new framework of competitive electricity markets, all power market participants need accurate price forecasting … perspective. Short term spot electricity price forecasting techniques are either inspired from electrical engineering literature … tools. Electricity price forecasts characterize significant information that can help captive power producer, independent …

Modelling and forecasting the volatile spot pricing process for electricity presents a number of challenges. For … increasingly deregulated electricity markets, like that in the Australian state of New South Wales, there is need to price a range … as possible candidates for explaining the pricing process and evaluate their forecasting ability. These models include …

energy prices, we find electricity prices––relative to oil and gas––to be more important in the manufacturing process …, with a one standard deviation reduction in electricity prices leading to a 2.8 percent increase in manufacturing output …. Our estimated elasticities together with plausible reductions in electricity tariffs derived from the energy reform, could …

We explore the relation between the establishment of a regulatory agency and the performance of the electricity sector …