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Energy Market Design

Communication from the commission to the European Parliament, the council, the European economic and social committee and the committee of the regions, launching the public consultation process on a n...

British Energy market investigation

Competition in the electric industry has been limited for a long time, but customers are realising they have a choice of providers. But how will utilities react to the change in perception, and can te...

Could smart meters disrupt the grid?

The average economic agent is often used to model the dynamics of simple markets, based on the assumption that the dynamics of a system of many agents can be averaged over in time and space. A popular...

Improving energy efficiency and smart grid program analysis

Electric utilities and regulators face difficult challenges evaluating new energy efficiency and smart grid programs prompted, in large part, by recent state and federal mandates and financial incenti...

Taking (rural) customers ‘off grid’ could be viable

Supplying some electricity customers who are a long way from the source of electricity generation “off the grid” could lead to significant cost savings and benefits such as greater supply ...