Internalizing carbon costs in electricity markets: Using certificates in a load-based emissions trading scheme

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 290-299

  Gillenwater, Michael ^a   Breidenich, Clare ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Electricity markets; Emissions trading; Load based cap

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; COMMERCE; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LEAKAGE (FLUID);

ATTRIBUTE CERTIFICATES; ELECTRIC POWERS; ELECTRICITY MARKETS; EMISSION REDUCTIONS; EMISSIONS TRADING; EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEMES; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; LOAD SERVING ENTITIES; LOAD-BASED CAP; PRICE SIGNALS; TRADABLE CERTIFICATES; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETS;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

CARBON EMISSION; ELECTRICITY; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY MARKET; GREENHOUSE GAS;

EID: 56949107202     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.08.023     Document Type: Article

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