Market power mitigation in the UK power market

Utilities Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 76-89

  Green, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divestiture; Electricity wholesale markets; Generation; Market power; Market rules; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY MARKET; INDUSTRIAL REGULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645936003     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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