Electricity disclosure: The troubled birth of a new policy

Energy Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4947-4958

  Boardman, Brenda ^a   Palmer, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer choice; Electricity and carbon dioxide emissions; Electricity supply fuel mix

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIO; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY;

CARBON DIOXIDE; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; SALES;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34447524930     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2007.04.021     Document Type: Article

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