Electricity liberalisation in Europe—how competitive will it be?

Electricity liberalisation in Europe - how competitive will it be

All of the countries of Western Europe have taken steps to liberalise their electricity industries. Large consumers in every country can choose their electricity supplier, and in some countries, this choice has been extended to every consumer. The European Union has decided that from 2007 at the latest, all customers will be able to choose their electricity supplier. A number of large European ...

Benchmarking Electricity Liberalisation in Europe

In this paper, we discuss the choice and use of benchmarks in each of five areas relevant to an assessment of the progress of EU electricity sector liberalisation. These areas are market design, market power, EU enlargement, regulation, and sustainability. Our aim is to discuss the most important benchmarks for each area, and to do so in the context of that area. Where a benchmark can be used a...

PWP - 057 Competition in Electricity Supply : will “ 1998 ” be worth it ? Richard Green and Tanga

Starting in 1998, the electricity market in England and Wales will be opened up to full competition, and all consumers will be allowed to choose their electricity supplier. This promises to result in lower prices, but there will be additional transactions costs exceeding £100 million a year for the first five years. Relative to a counterfactual without competition, there are likely to be large ...

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Peer Refereeing . . . Will it be Missed ? Alfred

1. Publish essentially as is; the only changes necessary are very simple typographical matters which can be changed by the editor. 2. Publish after author’s minor revision; the referee suggests points which must be changed before the paper meets the standards for publication. 3. Publish only if the author makes major revisions. (Perhaps the paper is much too long or is badly written. The revise...