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Transmission rights and market power on electric power networks. I, financial rights
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1999)
Competition in the U.S. electric power sector : some recent developments
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1994)
This paper examines recent efforts to expand competitive opportunities in the electric power sector in the US. I start with a brief overview of the structure and regulation of the US electricity sector as it existed in the ...
What does a negawatt really cost? : further thoughts and evidence
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 1993)
Competitive electricity markets and investment in new generating capacity
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2006)
Evidence from the U.S. and some other countries indicates that organized wholesale markets for electrical energy and operating reserves do not provide adequate incentives to stimulate the proper quantity or mix of generating ...
Statement of Professor Paul L. Joskow before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2002)
Regulation of natural monopolies
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2005)
This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and empirical literature on the regulation of natural monopolies. It covers alternative definitions of natural monopoly, regulatory goals, alternative ...
Comparing the Costs of Intermittent and Dispatchable Electricity Generating Technologies
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2010-09)
Economic evaluations of alternative electric generating technologies typically rely on comparisons between their expected life-cycle production costs per unit of electricity supplied. The standard life-cycle cost metric ...
Transmission rights and market power on electric power networks
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2000)
We analyze whether and how the allocation of transmission rights associated with the use of electric power networks affects the behavior of electricity generators and electricity consumers with market power. We consider ...
U.S. energy policy during the 1990s
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2001)
This essay discusses U.S. energy policy and the associated evolution of energy supply, energy demand, energy prices and the industrial organization of the domestic energy industries during the period 1991 through 2000. ...
Patterns of transmission investment
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2005)
This paper examines a number of issues associated with alternative analytical approaches for evaluating investments in electricity transmission infrastructure and alternative institutional arrangements to govern network ...