Quality regulation of electricity distribution in Italy: an evaluation study

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 1478-1486

  Ajodhia, Virendra ^a   Lo Schiavo, Luca ^b   Malaman, Roberto ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Italian Regulatory Authority for Electricity and Gas   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electricity; Italy; Quality regulation

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; MARKETING; QUALITY CONTROL;

ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION; NETWORK COMPANIES; PRICE-CAP REGULATION; QUALITY REGULATION; SPILL-OVER EFFECTS;

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645944684     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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