MODELING WELFARE EFFECTS OF A LIBERALIZATION OF THE DUTCH ELECTRICITYMARKET

Citation
Rw. Kunneke et Mh. Voogt, MODELING WELFARE EFFECTS OF A LIBERALIZATION OF THE DUTCH ELECTRICITYMARKET, Energy, 22(9), 1997, pp. 897-910
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Engineering, Chemical
Journal title
EnergyACNP
ISSN journal
03605442
Volume
22
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
897 - 910
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-5442(1997)22:9<897:MWEOAL>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
The Dutch electricity sector has traditionally been dominated by the p ublic sector. Although this organisational structure resulted in a rel iable and low-priced system, it is said not to be completely stable an d efficient. National and international developments stimulate the int roduction of a liberalised system. In this article, we present the mod el NEDMOD which is used to estimate possible welfare gains of an imple mentation of a liberalised market system in the Dutch electricity mark et. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.