A critical assessment of the Hong Kong Government's proposed post-2008 regulatory regime for local electricity utilities

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1451-1456

  Woo, Chi Keung ^a   Horowitz, Ira ^b   Tishler, Asher ^c  

^a Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electricity market; Hong Kong; Regulatory contract

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; INVESTMENTS; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ELECTRICITY MARKET; REGULATORY CONTRACT; REGULATORY REGIME;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 33645898645     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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