Did the expiration of retail price caps affect prices in the restructured Texas electricity market?

Energy Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1713-1717

  Kang, Linhong ^a   Zarnikau, Jay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity market restructuring; Electricity prices; Price caps

Indexed keywords

SALES;

ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS; ELECTRICITY MARKET RESTRUCTURING; ELECTRICITY MARKETS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; PRICE CAPS; RESIDENTIAL ENERGIES; RETAIL PRICES; UTILITY SERVICE PROVIDERS;

COSTS;

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY USE; PRICE DYNAMICS; RETAILING;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62849088530     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.12.037     Document Type: Article

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