Falling generation costs, environmental externalities and the economics of electricity conservation

Energy Policy

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 845-860

  Parfomak, Paul W ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Electricity; Externalities

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EXTERNALITY COSTS;

COMBINED CYCLE POWER PLANTS; COST ACCOUNTING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXTERNALITY EFFECT; PRODUCTION COSTS;

USA;

EID: 0031200904     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(97)00075-X     Document Type: Article

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