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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.
Market Design in a Zero Marginal Cost Intermittent Renewable Future
June 2020
The basic features of an efficient short-term wholesale market design do not need to change to accommodate a significantly larger share of zero marginal cost intermittent renewable energy from wind...
Learning about Electricity Market Performance with a Large Share of Renewables from the COVID-19 Lock-Down
June 2020
We show that the negative demand shock due to the COVID-19 lock-down has reduced net-demand system demand less the amount of energy produced by intermittent renewables and net imports that must be...
An Experimental Comparison of Carbon Pricing Under Uncertainty in Electricity Markets
May 2020
We report on an economic experiment that compares outcomes in electricity markets subject to carbon-tax and cap-and-trade policies.
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.
Breaking routine for energy savings: An appliance-level analysis of small business behavior under dynamic prices
May 2020
Small businesses are typically committed to providing a positive customer experience and therefore may exhibit a response to dynamic electricity prices different from residential or industrial...
Measuring the Ability to Exercise Unilateral Market Power in Locational-Pricing Markets: An Application to the Italian Electricity Market
April 2020
An increasing number of wholesale electricity markets employ locational pricing mechanisms where energy prices account for some or all aspects of the transmission network configuration.
Market Performance Assessment in Locational Markets with Non-Convexities
April 2020
We extend the competitive benchmark pricing model of Borenstein et al. (2002) to locational-pricing markets.
Retail Pricing in Colombia to Support the Efficient Deployment of Distributed Generation and Electric Vehicles
April 2020
Electricity tariff reforms will be an essential part of the clean energy transition. Existing tariffs rely on average cost pricing and often set a price per unit that exceeds marginal cost.
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.
Promoting Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies Through Consumer Education: Results From a Field Experiment in Mexico
March 2020
AbstractWe report on the results of a field experiment in Puebla, Mexico that informed randomly-selected households facing a nonlinear price schedule about how different electricity-consuming...
Simplified Electricity Market Models with Significant Intermittent Renewable Capacity: Evidence from Italy
January 2020
Using hourly offer curves for the Italian day-ahead market and the real-time re-dispatch market for the period January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2018, we show how thermal generation unit owners...
Locational Marginal Network Tariffs for Intermittent Renewable Generation
November 2019
The variability of solar and wind generation increases transmission network operating costs associated with maintaining system stability.
Wholesale Electricity Market Design
November 2019
Wholesale electricity market design requires an explicit regulatory process to set the market rules for compensating and charging market participants for their actions.
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