 Mergers in the GB electricity market: effects on retail chargesSciencePo Working papers Main from HAL Abstract: The opening up of the UK residential electricity sector in 1999 prompted several studies of the impact this had on both the level and structuring of retail charges, and on incumbent players' market power. Drawing on observations of regional tariffs for the month of January 2004, this article supports previous conclusions based on simulated retail charges, looking at the response of real tariffs to distribution and transmission costs, customer density and the length of low voltage underground circuit. We also investigate whether vertically integrated suppliers have a particular effect on charges ceteris paribus the effect of cost drivers and supplier-related factors. Keywords: Electric utilities; Retail trade; Electric power distribution; Suppliers electricity; Great Britain (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Applied Economics, 2008, 40 (11), pp.1483 - 1490. ⟨10.1080/00036840600794322⟩ There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:spmain:hal-03417027 DOI: 10.1080/00036840600794322 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in SciencePo Working papers Main from HAL |
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