Sentences with phrase «competitive electricity markets»

Although industry representatives may have convinced some political leaders that this is a good idea, there is little evidence of private capital investing in nuclear plants in competitive electricity markets.

The new model legislation is presented in two versions, one for competitive electricity markets and one for vertically integrated utility markets.

Few nuclear power plants are being built in countries with competitive electricity markets.

Looking to Texas for answers Deregulation in Texas has created competitive electricity markets at wholesale and retail levels that, while suffering some «tortuous» growing pains, as one expert put it, have invited innovation and experimentation.

Securing Power during the Transition, a report in the Electricity Security Action Plan series, assesses the threats and identifies options for competitive electricity markets embarking on the transition towards generating electricity from low - carbon sources.

«We call on PJM and FERC to put into place rules supporting competitive electricity markets, protecting ratepayers who risk losing billions of annual savings driven by competition.»

But in a deregulated competitive electricity market, companies have to pay for investments out of the revenues they earn.

Since the last IEA in - depth review in 2010, New Zealand has further developed its energy policy, as reflected in its energy strategy to 2021 and new rules for more competitive electricity markets.

Turkish electricity market law (EML) came into force in 2001 aiming at establishing a financially strong, stable, transparent and competitive electricity market based on bilateral contracts.

The IEA, in close collaboration with the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, works with countries around the world to analyse the cost of nuclear technologies, the place of nuclear power in competitive electricity markets, and its role in meeting long - term power sector decarbonisation objectives.

For a competitive electricity market to emerge it was necessary to split Western Power the way the Carnegie Report recommended — transmission, distribution, generation and sale of electricity — with the first two forming a separate arm called, say, networks.

Mr Ripper was at least five votes away from being able to create a competitive electricity market by breaking Western Power's monopoly.

With a competitive electricity market similar to Alberta's, Texas has found ways to diversify its electricity mix and encourage clean energy investment.

In calling off negotiations, Constellation scrapped what would have been a test case for a new nuclear reactor in the competitive electricity markets that serve a majority of U.S. electricity customers.

(November 2, 2002) The Ontario government has admitted it failed to protect consumers by ordering a review of the agency responsible for overseeing the new, competitive electricity market, representatives of the opposition parties charged yesterday.

(Nov. 2, 2002) The Ontario government has admitted it failed to protect consumers by ordering a review of the agency responsible for overseeing the new, competitive electricity market, representatives of the opposition parties charged yesterday.

If we use full - cost pricing — requiring utilities to absorb the costs of disposing of nuclear waste, of decommissioning the plant when it is worn out, and of insuring the reactors against possible accidents and terrorist attacks — building nuclear plants in a competitive electricity market is clearly not economical.

In addition, because Virginia does not maintain a competitive electricity market, other developers may face difficulties in securing power purchase agreements for their Virginia offshore wind turbines.

FERC is unlikely to take up the proposal as written, analysts and former regulators agreed, but regulators currently at the agency have indicated they plan to address plant compensation and reliability questions — making the NOPR the Trump administration's opening salvo in what is likely to be a long and contentious regulatory battle over the future of the fuel mix and competitive electricity markets.

EMRA has announced a 4 - stage approach to a competitive electricity market.

Competitive electricity markets can be adjusted to more accurately value carbon - free nuclear power.

Today, Secretary Perry of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a regulatory curve - ball aimed at protecting economically - failing coal and nuclear plants operating in competitive electricity markets.

It argues that reforming regulatory institutions is fundamental to developing and sustaining a competitive electricity market and ensuring a level playing field for market participants.

A 2015 report from MIT, «The Future of Solar Energy,» illustrated how this dynamic might play out in a competitive electricity market like Texas's.2 As solar penetration in a given grid system increases, the average market price of electricity drops slightly (red line).

Pursuant to the objective in the 2002 State Energy Plan (page 1 - 39), NYSERDA has undertaken a preliminary investigation into the feasibility of establishing a Statewide renewable portfolio standard (RPS) for electricity generation, and how an RPS might harmonize with a restructured and competitive electricity market and the goals from planned State actions to promote renewable energy development.