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Deregulating and regulatory reform in the U.S. electric power sector
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2000)
This paper discusses the evolution of wholesale and retail competition in the U.S electricity sector and associated industry restructuring and regulatory reforms. It begins with a discussion of the industry structure and ...
Analysis of the Bush proposal to reduce the SO₃ cap
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2002)
This paper evaluates President Bush's recent proposal to reduce the cap on total SO2 emissions using a model of emissions banking that fits the experience so far under Title IV. It provides a brief introduction to emissions ...
An Empirical Model of Imperfect Dynamic Competition and Application to Hydroelectricity Storage
(2008)
The Nordic power market presents a unique opportunity for testing the nature and degree of market power in storage behavior due to preciseness of data on market fundamentals determining hydro resource use. We develop an ...
Update on the Cost of Nuclear Power
(2009)
We update the cost of nuclear power as calculated in the MIT (2003) Future of Nuclear Power study. Our main focus is on the changing cost of construction of new plants. The MIT (2003) study provided useful data on the cost ...
CO2 Abatement in the UK Power Sector: Evidence from the EU ETS Trial Period
(2008)
This paper provides an empirical assessment of CO2 emissions abatement in the UK power sector during the trial period of the EU ETS. Using an econometrically estimated model of fuel switching, it separates the impacts of ...
Compliance Behavior in the EU-ETS: Cross Border Trading, Banking and Borrowing
(2008)
This paper exploits a little used data resource within the central registry of the European Union’s Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to analyze cross border flows of allowances for compliance purposes during the first ...