Handbook on electricity markets / edited by Jean-Michel Glachant, Paul L. Joskow, Michael G. Pollitt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Glachant, Jean-Michel, editor, contributor.

Joskow, Paul L., editor, contributor.

Pollitt, Michael G., editor, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electric utilities.

Competition.

Electric industries.

Electric power distribution.

Physical Description:

xiv, 645 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Electricity markets

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2021]

Contents:

List of contributors

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction to the Handbook on Electricity Markets / Jean-Michel Glachant, Paul L. and Joskow, Michael G. Pollitt

Part I. Taking Stock: The Legacy. 2. Strengths and weaknesses of traditional arrangements for electricity supply / Richard Schmalensee ; 3. Optimal wholesale pricing and investment in generation: the basics / Paul L. Joskow and Thomas-Olivier Léautier ; 4. Wholesale electricity market design / Frank A. Wolak ; 5. The evolution of competitive retail electricity markets / Stephen Littlechild ; 6. Strengths and weaknesses of the British market model / David Newbery ; 7. Strengths and weaknesses of the PJM market model / William W. Hogan ; 8. ERCOT: success (so far) and lessons learned / Ross Baldick [and 3 others] ; 9. Lessons from Australia's National Electricity Market 1998-2018: strengths and weaknesses of the reform experience / Paul Simshauser ; 10. Strengths and weaknesses of the Nordic market model / Chloé Le Coq and Sebastian Schwenen ; 11. The evolution of the European model for electricity markets / Fabien Roques

Part II. Adapting to New Technologies and New Policy Priorities. 12. New technologies on the supply side ; 13. New technologies on the demand side ; 14. Tools and policies to promote decarbonization of the electricity sector ; 15. Shifting supply as well as demand: the new economics of electricity with high renewables ; 16. The future design of the electricity market ; 17. New business models in the electricity sector ; 18. Electrifying transport: issues and opportunities ; 19. Electrification of residential and commercial heating ; 20. Harnessing the power of integration to achieve universal electricity access: the case for the Integrated Distribution Framework ; 21. Reforming China's electricity industry: national aspiration, bureaucratic empires, local interests ; 22. The evolution of electricity sectors in Africa: ongoing obstacles and emerging opportunities to reach universal targets

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lippincott Library Book Endowment Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781788979948

178897994X

OCLC:

1249799496