An economic welfare analysis of demand response in the PJM electricity market

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3692-3702

  Walawalkar, Rahul ^a,c   Blumsack, Seth ^b   Apt, Jay ^a   Fernands, Stephen ^c  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Customized Energy Solutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand response programs; Electricity markets; Net social welfare

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY;

DEMAND-RESPONSE PROGRAMS; ELECTRICITY MARKETS; NET SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

COSTS;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 51349085814     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.06.036     Document Type: Article

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