Papers

Energy & Utilities Economics

Design electricity markets and evaluate clean energy policies • 25 papers

6 subtopics

Electricity Market Design

Understand how wholesale electricity markets work

Restructuring, Competition and Regulatory Reform in the U.S. Electricity Sector [Paul L. Joskow]
1997 304 cited

Restructuring, Competition and Regulatory Reform in the U.S. Electricity Sector

[Paul L. Joskow]

Lessons Learned from Electricity Market Liberalization [Paul L. Joskow]
2008 666 cited

Lessons Learned from Electricity Market Liberalization

[Paul L. Joskow]

The Trouble with Electricity Markets: Understanding California's Restructuring Disaster [Severin Borenstein]
2002 545 cited

The Trouble with Electricity Markets: Understanding California's Restructuring Disaster

[Severin Borenstein]

Contract Networks for Electric Power Transmission [William W. Hogan]
1992 956 cited

Contract Networks for Electric Power Transmission

[William W. Hogan]

Electricity Market Design [Peter Cramton]
2017 336 cited

Electricity Market Design

[Peter Cramton]

Market Power & Utility Regulation

Detect market power and design effective regulation

Measuring Market Inefficiencies in California's Restructured Wholesale Electricity Market [Severin Borenstein James B. Bushnell Frank A. Wolak]
2002 933 cited

Measuring Market Inefficiencies in California's Restructured Wholesale Electricity Market

[Severin Borenstein James B. Bushnell Frank A. Wolak]

Measuring Duopoly Power in the British Electricity Spot Market [Catherine D. Wolfram]
1999 764 cited

Measuring Duopoly Power in the British Electricity Spot Market

[Catherine D. Wolfram]

When Does Regulation Distort Costs? Lessons from Fuel Procurement in U.S. Electricity Generation [Steve Cicala]
2015 155 cited

When Does Regulation Distort Costs? Lessons from Fuel Procurement in U.S. Electricity Generation

[Steve Cicala]

Behavior of the Firm Under Regulatory Constraint [Harvey Averch Leland L. Johnson]
1962 1287 cited

Behavior of the Firm Under Regulatory Constraint

[Harvey Averch Leland L. Johnson]

Imperfect Markets versus Imperfect Regulation in U.S. Electricity Generation [Steve Cicala]
2022

Imperfect Markets versus Imperfect Regulation in U.S. Electricity Generation

[Steve Cicala]

Renewable Energy Economics

Evaluate renewable energy costs and integration challenges

The Market Value of Variable Renewables [Lion Hirth]
2013 777 cited

The Market Value of Variable Renewables

[Lion Hirth]

Integration Costs Revisited – An Economic Framework for Wind and Solar Variability [Lion Hirth Falko Ueckerdt Ottmar Edenhofer]
2015 446 cited

Integration Costs Revisited – An Economic Framework for Wind and Solar Variability

[Lion Hirth Falko Ueckerdt Ottmar Edenhofer]

The Private and Public Economics of Renewable Electricity Generation [Severin Borenstein]
2012 458 cited

The Private and Public Economics of Renewable Electricity Generation

[Severin Borenstein]

Beyond the Learning Curve: Factors Influencing Cost Reductions in Photovoltaics [Gregory F. Nemet]
2006 734 cited

Beyond the Learning Curve: Factors Influencing Cost Reductions in Photovoltaics

[Gregory F. Nemet]

Causal Effects of Renewable Portfolio Standards on Renewable Investments and Generation [Olivier Deschenes Harouna Malloy Justin Kirkpatrick McDonald]
2023 17 cited

Causal Effects of Renewable Portfolio Standards on Renewable Investments and Generation

[Olivier Deschenes Harouna Malloy Justin Kirkpatrick McDonald]

Carbon Pricing & Environmental Economics

Design carbon markets and evaluate climate policy

Prices vs. Quantities [Martin L. Weitzman]
1974 2705 cited

Prices vs. Quantities

[Martin L. Weitzman]

Does Pricing Carbon Mitigate Climate Change? Firm-level Evidence from the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme [Ralf Martin Mirabelle Muûls Ulrich Wagner]
2024 7 cited

Does Pricing Carbon Mitigate Climate Change? Firm-level Evidence from the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme

[Ralf Martin Mirabelle Muûls Ulrich Wagner]

Estimates of the Social Cost of Carbon: Concepts and Results from the DICE-2013R Model [William D. Nordhaus]
2014 507 cited

Estimates of the Social Cost of Carbon: Concepts and Results from the DICE-2013R Model

[William D. Nordhaus]

Social Norms and Energy Conservation [Hunt Allcott]
2011 2495 cited

Social Norms and Energy Conservation

[Hunt Allcott]

Demand Response & Retail Pricing

Design electricity rates that encourage efficient consumption

The Long-Run Efficiency of Real-Time Electricity Pricing [Severin Borenstein]
2005 413 cited

The Long-Run Efficiency of Real-Time Electricity Pricing

[Severin Borenstein]

Knowledge is (Less) Power: Experimental Evidence from Residential Energy Use [Katrina Jessoe David Rapson]
2014 541 cited

Knowledge is (Less) Power: Experimental Evidence from Residential Energy Use

[Katrina Jessoe David Rapson]

Do Consumers Respond to Marginal or Average Price? Evidence from Nonlinear Electricity Pricing [Koichiro Ito]
2014 792 cited

Do Consumers Respond to Marginal or Average Price? Evidence from Nonlinear Electricity Pricing

[Koichiro Ito]

Storage & Grid Modernization

Evaluate storage economics and grid infrastructure needs

The Value of Energy Storage for Grid Applications [Paul Denholm Jennie Jorgenson Marissa Hummon Thomas Jenkin David Palchak Brendan Kirby Ookie Ma Mark O'Malley]
2013 91 cited

The Value of Energy Storage for Grid Applications

[Paul Denholm Jennie Jorgenson Marissa Hummon Thomas Jenkin David Palchak Brendan Kirby Ookie Ma Mark O'Malley]

Re-examining Rates of Lithium-ion Battery Technology Improvement and Cost Decline [Micah S. Ziegler Jessika E. Trancik]
2021 352 cited

Re-examining Rates of Lithium-ion Battery Technology Improvement and Cost Decline

[Micah S. Ziegler Jessika E. Trancik]

Evaluating the Causes of Cost Reduction in Photovoltaic Modules [Goksin Kavlak James McNerney Jessika E. Trancik]
2018 404 cited

Evaluating the Causes of Cost Reduction in Photovoltaic Modules

[Goksin Kavlak James McNerney Jessika E. Trancik]

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