Assessing the options for a competitive electricity market in Israel

Utilities Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-29

  Tishler, A ^a   Newman, J ^b   Spekterman, I ^b   Woo, C K ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ISRAEL ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Israel)

^c Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Electricity market reform; Israel

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY MARKET; PRICE DETERMINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 37649017915     PISSN: 09571787     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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