Did the introduction of a nodal market structure impact wholesale electricity prices in the Texas (ERCOT) market?

Journal of Regulatory Economics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 194-208

  Zarnikau, J ^a,b   Woo, C K ^c,d   Baldick, R ^e  

^a Frontier Associates LLC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

^e The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Deregulation; Electricity market restructuring; ERCOT; Locational marginal pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895907412     PISSN: 0922680X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-013-9240-9     Document Type: Article

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