International positioning of South African electricity prices and commodity differentiated pricing

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 109, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages

  Thopil, George A ^a   Pouris, Anastassios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Differentiated pricing; Electricity; Eskom; International pricing; Regulation

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; PRICE DETERMINATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84882941637     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/sajs.2013/20120075     Document Type: Review

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