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Electricity
Scholarly Publications
What Kinds of Distributed Generation Technologies Defer Network Expansions? Evidence from France
January 2021
We estimate the relationship between distributed generation investments and hourly net injections to the distribution grid across over 2,000 substations in France between 2005 and 2018.
Quantifying the Benefi ts of Nodal Market Design in the Texas Electricity Market
January 2021
This study quantifies the economic and environmental impacts associated with the change from a zonal to nodal design in the Texas electricity market.
The Future of Electricity Retailing and How We Get There
August 2020
Electricity retailing is at a crossroads. Technological change is eroding revenues from the traditional electricity retailing business model.
Other Publications
Economic Policy Challenges Facing California's Next Governor: Electricity Policy Reform
May 2020
Californians like to think of themselves as environmentally conscious and forward-thinking. The state’s energy and environmental policies reflect these sentiments.
Long-Term Resource Adequacy with Significant Intermittent Renewables
March 2020
The electricity supply industry in a low-carbon world will have over 50 percent share of intermittent renewables.
News
Events
Energy Working Group: Shale Gas in China: Hype and Reality
May 9, 2012
In recent years, natural gas prices in the United States have gone from historic highs of over $12 per mmBtu in the summer of 2008, to under $2.50/mmBtu in 2012.
Energy Working Group: Supply Function Equilibrium and its Policy Implications for Wholesale Electricity Markets
November 4, 2011
PESD visiting scholar Pär Holmberg from the Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm led this Energy Working Group talk.
Transmission Policies to Unlock America's Renewable Energy Resources
September 15, 2011
On behalf of PESD, Stanford co-hosts PIE, TomKat, and SIEPR, and external sponsors Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and the Kauffman Foundation, convened an all-day conference on September 15 on ...
Projects
Electricity Market Design
Meeting today’s most pressing energy challenges—controlling air pollution, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, integrating renewable energy, delivering modern energy services to populations that...
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