Analysis of competition and market power in the wholesale electricity market in India

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2699-2710

  Shukla, Umesh Kumar ^a   Thampy, Ashok ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

Competition; Electricity; Market power

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY BASED TARIFFS; CENTRAL ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSIONS; CONCENTRATION RATIO; ELECTRICITY ACT 2003; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY REFORM; GOVERNMENT OF INDIA; HERFINDAHL-HIRSCHMAN INDICES; MARKET POWER; MARKET PRICE; MARKET STRUCTURES; OPEN ACCESS; POLICY INITIATIVES; POWER EXCHANGE; PROMOTING COMPETITION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETS;

COMPETITION; COSTS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY;

COMMERCE;

COMPETITIVENESS; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

INDIA;

EID: 79953327516     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.02.039     Document Type: Article

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