Electricity market reform : an international perspective /

Since the late 1980s, policy makers and regulators in a number of countries have liberalized, restructured or deregulated their electric power sector, typically by introducing competition at the generation and retail level. These experiments have resulted in vastly different outcomes - some highly e...

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Other Authors: Pfaffenberger, W (Wolfgang), Sioshansi, Fereidoon P (Fereidoon Perry), Sioshansi, Fereidoon P
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, c2006
Series:Elsevier global energy policy and economics series
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Table of Contents:
  • Why restructure electricity markets? / Fereidoon P. Sioshansi and Wolfgang Pfaffenberger
  • Sector-specific market power regulation versus general competition law : criteria for judging competitive versus regulated markets / Günter Knieps
  • Chile : where it all started / Ricardo Raineri
  • Electricity liberalization in Britain and the evolution of market design / David Newbery
  • The Nordic electricity market : robust by design? / Eirik S. Amundsen, Lars Bergman and Nils-Henrik M. von der Fehr
  • The electricity industry in Australia : problems along the way to a national electricity market / Alan Moran
  • Restructuring the New Zealand electricity sector 1984-2005 / Geoff Bertram
  • Energy policy and investment in the German power market / Gert Brunekreeft and Dierk Bauknecht
  • Competition in the continental European electricity market : despair or work in progress? / Reinhard Haas ... [et al.]
  • California electricity restructuring, the crisis, and its aftermath / James L. Sweeney
  • Texas : the most robust competitive market in North America / Parviz Adib and Jay Zarnikau
  • Electricity restructuring in Canada / Michael J. Trebilcock and Roy Hrab
  • The PJM market / Joseph Bowring
  • Independent system operators in the USA : history, lessons learned, and prospects / Richard O'Neill ... [et al.]
  • Competitive retail power markets and default service : the US experience / Taff Tschamler
  • The case of Brazil : reform by trial and error? / João Lizardo R. Hermes de Araújo
  • Understanding the Argentinean and Colombian electricity markets / Isaac Dyner, Santiago Arango and Erik R. Larsen
  • A new stage of electricity liberalization in Japan : issues and expectations / Mika Goto and Masayuki Yajima
  • Why restructure electricity markets? / Fereidoon P. Sioshansi and Wolfgang Pfaffenberger
  • Sector-specific market power regulation versus general competition law : criteria for judging competitive versus regulated markets / Günter Knieps
  • Chile : where it all started / Ricardo Raineri
  • Electricity liberalization in Britain and the evolution of market design / David Newbery
  • The Nordic electricity market : robust by design? / Eirik S. Amundsen, Lars Bergman and Nils-Henrik M. von der Fehr
  • The electricity industry in Australia : problems along the way to a national electricity market / Alan Moran
  • Restructuring the New Zealand electricity sector 1984-2005 / Geoff Bertram
  • Energy policy and investment in the German power market / Gert Brunekreeft and Dierk Bauknecht
  • Competition in the continental European electricity market : despair or work in progress? / Reinhard Haas ... [et al.]
  • California electricity restructuring, the crisis, and its aftermath / James L. Sweeney
  • Texas : the most robust competitive market in North America / Parviz Adib and Jay Zarnikau
  • Electricity restructuring in Canada / Michael J. Trebilcock and Roy Hrab
  • The PJM market / Joseph Bowring
  • Independent system operators in the USA : history, lessons learned, and prospects / Richard O'Neill ... [et al.]
  • Competitive retail power markets and default service : the US experience / Taff Tschamler
  • The case of Brazil : reform by trial and error? / João Lizardo R. Hermes de Araújo
  • Understanding the Argentinean and Colombian electricity markets / Isaac Dyner, Santiago Arango and Erik R. Larsen
  • A new stage of electricity liberalization in Japan : issues and expectations / Mika Goto and Masayuki Yajima
  • Why restructure electricity markets? / Fereidoon P. Sioshansi and Wolfgang Pfaffenberger
  • Sector-specific market power regulation versus general competition law: criteria for judging competitive versus regulated markets / Gunter Knieps
  • Chile: where it all started / Ricardo Raineri
  • Electricity liberalization in Britain and the evolution of market design / David Newbery
  • The Nordic electricity market: robust by design? / Eirik S. Amundsen, Lars Bergman and Nils-Henrik M. von der Fehr
  • The electricity industry in Australia: problems along the way to a national electricity market / Alan Moran
  • Restructuring the New Zealand electricity sector 1984-2005 / Geoff Bertram
  • Energy policy and investment in the German power market / Gert Brunekreeft and Dierk Bauknecht
  • Competition in the continental European electricity market: despair or work in progress? / Reinhard Haas, Jean-Michel Glachant, Nenad Keseric and Yannick Perez
  • California electricity restructuring, the crisis, and its aftermath / James L. Sweeney
  • Texas: the most robust competitive market in North America / Parviz Adib and Jay Zarnikau
  • Electricity restructuring in Canda / Michael J. Trebilcock and Roy Hrab
  • The PJM market / Joseph Bowring
  • Independent system operations in the USA: history, lessons learned, and prospects / Richard O'Neill, Udi Helman, Benjamin F. Hobbs and Ross Baldick
  • Competitive retail power markets and default service: the US experience / Taff Tschamier
  • The case of Brazil: reform by trial and error? / Joao Lizardo R. Hermes de Araujo
  • Understanding the Argentinean and Colombian electricity markets / Isaac Dyner, Santiago Arango and Erik R. Larsen
  • A new stage of electricity liberalization in Japan: issues and expectations / Mika Goto and Masayuki Yajima
  • Foreword : the market versus regulation / Stephen Littlechild
  • Introduction to electricity sector liberalization : lessons learned from cross-country studies / Paul L. Joskow
  • 1 Why restructure electricity markets? / Fereidoon P. Sioshansi and Wolfgang Pfaffenberger
  • 2. Sector-specific market power regulation versus general competition law : criteria for judging competitive versus regulated markets / Gunter Knieps
  • 3. Chile : where it all started / Ricardo Raineri
  • 4. Electricity liberalization in Britain and the evolution of market design / David Newbery
  • 5. The Nordic electricity market : robust by design? / Eirik S. Amundsen, Lars Bergman and Nils-Henrik M. von der Fehr
  • 6. The electricity industry in Australia : problems along the way to a national electricity market / Alan Moran
  • 7. Restructuring the New Zealand electricity sector 1984-2005 / Geoff Bertram
  • 8. Energy policy and investment in the German power market / Gert Brunckreeft and Dierk Bauknecht
  • 9. Competition in the continental European electricity market : despair or work in progress? / Reinhard Haas, Jean-Michel Glachaut, Neuad Keseric and Yannick Perez
  • 10. California electricity restructuring, the crisis, and its aftermath / James L. Sweeney
  • 11. Texas : the most robust competitive market in North America / Parviz Adib and Jay Zarnikau
  • 12. Electricity restructuring in Canada / Michael J. Trebilcock and Roy Hrab
  • 13. The PJM market / Joseph Bowring
  • 14. Independent system operators in the USA : history, lessons learned, and prospects / Richard O'Neill, Udi Helman, Benjamin F. Hobbs and Ross Baldick
  • 15. Competitive retail power markets and default service : the US experience / Taff Tschamler
  • 16. The case of Brazil : reform by trial and error? / Joao Lizardo R. Hermes de Araujo
  • 17 Understanding the Argentinean and Colombian electricity markets / Isaac Dyner, Santiago Arango and Erik R. Larsen
  • 18. A new stage of electricity liberalization in Japan : issues and expectations / Mika Goto and Masayuki Yajima.