Investment incentives: Regulation of the Finnish electricity distribution

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 853-862

  Kinnunen, Kaisa ^a  

^a National Consumer Research Centre   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electricity distribution networks; Investment incentives; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; INVESTMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

FINLAND; INVESTMENT INCENTIVES; LIBERALIZATION;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INVESTMENT; REGULATORY APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 31344436620     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.08.034     Document Type: Article

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