Challenges for Creating a Comprehensive National Electricity Policy
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminThis is a speech given to the National Press Club, September 26, 2008 outlining the need for comprehensive reform of […]
READ moreGrandfathering and the Endowment Effect An Assessment in the context of the Spanish National Allocation Plan
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminIn this paper, we test the Coase theorem in the context of carbon emissions trading. We investigate whether generating firms […]
READ moreA Top-down and Bottom-up look at Emissions Abatement in Germany in response to the EU ETS
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminThis paper uses top-down trend analysis and a bottom-up power sector model to define upper and lower boundaries on abatement […]
READ moreLong-term Energy Supply Contracts in European Competition Policy: Fuzzy not Crazy
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminLong-term supply contracts often have ambiguous effects on the competitive structure, investment and consumer welfare in the long term. In […]
READ moreWorld Oil: Market or Mayhem?
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminThe world oil market is regarded by many as a puzzle. Why are oil prices so volatile? What is OPEC […]
READ moreDo Trading and Power Operations Mix? The Case of Constellation Energy Group 2008
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminConstellation Energy has been a leading performer in the merchant power business since 2001. In addition to its legacy utility, […]
READ moreThe EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme: A Proto-Type Global System?
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminThe European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is the world’s first multinational cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases. As an […]
READ moreAn Empirical Model of Imperfect Dynamic Competition and Application to Hydroelectricity Storage
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminThe Nordic power market presents a unique opportunity for testing the nature and degree of market power in storage behavior […]
READ moreCO2 Abatement in the UK Power Sector: Evidence from the EU ETS Trial Period
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminThis paper provides an empirical assessment of CO2 emissions abatement in the UK power sector during the trial period of the […]
READ moreThe Effect of Power Plants on Local Housing Values and Rents: Evidence from Restricted Census Microdata
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminCurrent trends in electricity consumption imply that hundreds of new fossil-fuel power plants will be built in the United States […]
READ moreShort-Term CO2 Abatement in the European Power Sector
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminThis paper focuses on the possibilities for short term abatement in response to a CO2 price through fuel switching in […]
READ moreForward Trading in Exhaustible-Resource Oligopoly
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminWe analyze oligopolistic exhaustible-resource depletion when firms can trade forward contracts on deliveries, a market structure prevalent in many resource […]
READ moreThe Diversity of Design of TSOs
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminIt is puzzling today to explain diversity and imperfection of actual transmission monopoly designs in competitive electricity markets. We argue […]
READ moreThe Effects of Interactions between Federal and State Climate Policies
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminIn the absence of a federal policy to cap carbon emissions many states are moving forward with their own initiatives, […]
READ moreMarket Power and Electricity Market Reform in Northeast China
Posted on January 6th, 2022 by tagadminThe Northeast region of China has been used as a testing ground for creation of a functioning wholesale electric power […]
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