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Title: | Unexpected consequences of liberalisation: metering, losses, load profiles and cost settlement in Spain’s electricity system |
Author: | Batalla Bejerano, Joan Antoni Costa, M. Teresa (Maria Teresa), 1951- Trujillo-Baute, Elisa |
Keywords: | Política energètica Consum d'energia Política de preus Energy policy;Privatization Energy consumption Prices policy |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Institut d’Economia de Barcelona |
Series/Report no: | [WP E-IEB15/16] |
Abstract: | European energy markets have undergone a major transformation as they have advanced towards market liberalisation and it is vital that the details of these developments be carefully examined. The success of liberalisation is based on smart regulation, which has been capable of providing solutions to unforeseen events in the process. Our paper seeks to contribute to existing understanding of the unexpected consequences of the liberalisation process in the power system by examining a natural experiment that occurred in Spain in 2009. In that year, the electricity supply by distribution system operators (DSOs) disappeared. This positive change in retail market competition, as we demonstrate in this paper, has had an unexpected effect in terms of the system’s balancing requirements. We undertake a rigorous assessment of the economic consequences of this policy change for the whole system, in terms of its impact on final electricity prices. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.ieb.ub.edu/2012022157/ieb/ultimes-publicacions |
It is part of: | IEB Working Paper 2015/16 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/115371 |
Appears in Collections: | IEB (Institut d’Economia de Barcelona) – Working Papers |
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