Generating the Benefits of Competition: Challenges and Opportunities in Opening Electricity Markets

Timothy Brennan

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2008, issue 260

Abstract: The move from regulation to competition in different parts of the economy is one of the great success stories of the past 30 years. And more competition in the electricity sector could offer lower consumer prices and improved stability of supply. So why has market deregulation in electricity been difficult to achieve?

Keywords: public services; electricity sector competition; market deregulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L94 L98 Q4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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