California's electricity crisis: A market apart?

Energy Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1045-1052

  Bushnell, James ^a  

^a Energy Institute at Haas and National Bureau of Economic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition policy; Electricity deregulation; Energy markets

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; MARKETING;

FLAWED MARKET DESIGN;

ELECTRICITY;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); DEREGULATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347682361     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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