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Electric utility regulation under enhanced renewable energy integration and distributed generation

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  • Nori Tarui

    (Department of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO))

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The economic environment for electric utilities is changing in the United States given increased penetration of distributed generation and limited rooms for sales growth. This paper reviews the recent development of relevant policies in the United States and their economic impacts. This review indicates both challenges and opportunities in improving the policies to enhance distributed generation, and in finding the directions in which electric utility regulation should be reformed.

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  • Nori Tarui, 2017. "Electric utility regulation under enhanced renewable energy integration and distributed generation," Working Papers 2017-2, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
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    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • H24 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • Q48 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy - - - Government Policy

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