The impact of wind generation on the electricity spot-market price level and variance: The Texas experience

Energy Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3939-3944

  Woo, C K ^a,b   Horowitz, I ^c   Moore, J ^a   Pacheco, A ^a  

^a Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity price; Risk management; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY PRICES; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; PRICE LEVELS; PRICE RISK MANAGEMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SPOT ELECTRICITY MARKET; SPOT PRICE; WIND ENERGY; WIND GENERATION;

ELECTRICITY; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; WIND POWER;

COSTS;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY RESOURCE; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WIND POWER;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957653531     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2011.03.084     Document Type: Article

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