A quantitative analysis of pricing behavior in California's wholesale electricity market during summer 2000

Energy Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1-35

  Joskow, Paul L ^a   Kahn, Edward ^a  

^a ANALYSIS GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC LOAD MANAGEMENT; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRICITY; GAS EMISSIONS; HYDROELECTRIC POWER; NITROGEN OXIDES;

BENCHMARK COMPETITIVE PRICE; ELECTRICITY MARKET; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY PRICE;

ELECTRIC RATES;

EID: 0036408449     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol23-No4-1     Document Type: Article

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