Retail electricity markets require development to ensure efficient and equitable pass through
of wholesale electricity costs to customers. Customer engagement has been heralded as a …

The war in Ukraine and associated 2022 energy crisis had far-reaching effects, with
seaborne prices for coal and gas reaching multiples of their historic averages. While Europe …

Numerous countries have adopted electricity market liberalization for residential consumers.
Although the benefits of the free market are notorious, when this opening refers to the …

Abstract When Australia established its National Electricity Market (NEM) during the 1990s,
reforms were focused on maximising economic efficiency. Little thought was given to …

All enterprises in the field of energy processing in China are state-owned enterprises
(SOEs), and the government regulates the prices of their products. China's SOEs have …

This paper addresses the issue of assessing the sustainability of policy decisions of the
Energy Retail Market, explicitly considering the retail energy market, unlike existing …

Competitive retail electricity markets are barely 30 years old. As Schmalensee explains in
Chapter 2 of this handbook, the 'traditional'arrangements for the electricity industry involved …

Despite significant efforts in market integration and regulatory harmonization, large
heterogeneities in retail electricity prices across Member States still remain one of the main …

To stabilise gas prices and safeguard consumer interests, China introduced a new price cap
regulation for the gas retail market in 2013. This study is the first to evaluate the impact of …

The Chinese economy is facing the impact of soaring energy prices, including the prices of
coal, electricity and oil. The impacts of energy price fluctuations on general prices have a …