The political economy of electricity dispatch reform in China

Energy Policy

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 361-369

  Kahrl, Fredrich ^a,b   Williams, James H ^b,c   Hu, Junfeng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

^c MONTEREY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (United States)

^d NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Electricity reform; Energy efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CHINESE GOVERNMENT; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COST-EFFICIENT; ECONOMIC INCENTIVE; ELECTRICITY REFORM; ELECTRICITY SYSTEM; ENERGY AND COST; ENERGY EFFICIENT; GENERATING COMPANIES; GUANGXI; OPERATING HOURS; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RATEMAKING; SOUTHERN CHINA; THERMAL EFFICIENCY;

COAL; COSTS; ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY MARKET; INCENTIVE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; REFORM PROCESS;

CHINA;

EID: 84871465302     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.10.062     Document Type: Article

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