Wind of change: Small-scale electricity production and distribution-grid efficiency in Sweden

Mattias Vesterberg, Wenchao Zhou and Tommy Lundgren

Utilities Policy, 2021, vol. 69, issue C

Abstract: In this paper, we measure the technical efficiency for local electricity distribution firms in Sweden, and in particular how small and micro-scale generation affects efficiency scores. Using a two-stage data envelopment analysis to model the technical efficiency and a double bootstrap approach to estimate the determinants of inefficiencies, we show that firms are heterogeneous in terms of inefficiency, but that a large share of small and micro-scale generation is not associated with more inefficient operations.

Keywords: Data envelopment analysis; Bootstrap; Efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 D42 Q41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jup.2021.101175

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