Power plant investment in restructured markets

Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1403-1413

  Walls, W D ^a   Rusco, Frank W ^b   Ludwigson, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b US General Accounting Office   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity market restructuring; Power plant investment; Regulatory uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; INVESTMENTS; POWER PLANTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRICITY MARKET RESTRUCTURING; POWER PLANT INVESTMENT; REGULATORY UNCERTAINTY;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

BUDGET CONTROL; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVESTMENTS; POWER PLANTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING; POWER PLANT; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34247101501     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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