Efficiency evaluation of the state owned electric utilities in India

Energy Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 2788-2804

  Thakur, Tripta ^a   Deshmukh, S G ^a   Kaushik, S C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Data envelopment analysis; Restructuring; Unbundling

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; RESTRUCTURING; UNBUNDLING;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33747014836     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2005.03.022     Document Type: Article

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