Distributional effects of the Australian Renewable Energy Target (RET) through wholesale and retail electricity price impacts

Energy Policy

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-51

  Cludius, Johanna ^a   Forrest, Sam ^a   MacGill, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distributional effects; Electricity market; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; POWER MARKETS; WIND POWER;

DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; ELECTRICITY TARIFF; ENERGY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TIME-SERIES REGRESSION; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY;

COSTS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; POLICY ANALYSIS; PRICE DYNAMICS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84902074422     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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