Electricity Market Reform in Isolated Markets: The Case of Western Australia

Malcolm Abbott and Bruce Cohen

Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, 2026, vol. 26, issue 1-2, 17-32

Abstract: This paper examines the various challenges facing competitive electricity markets as they transition not only to systems based more on renewable energy, but also to generation sectors that become more competitive. In doing so, it examines how the reform of the South West Integrated System electricity market in Western Australia has affected returns, prices, and concentration in the electricity sector, particularly in the wholesale generation market. In doing so, this paper considers the lessons from the reforms that have taken place in Western Australia, both for the jurisdiction itself and more broadly for the Australian electricity sector as a whole.

Keywords: H42 publicly provided private goods; L94 electric utilities; L13 oligopoly and other imperfect markets; economic reform; Western Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1177/17835917261455914

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