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Title: A Mixed Nordic Experience: Implementing Competitive Retail Electricity Markets for Household Customers

Abstract

Although the Nordic countries were among the first to develop competition in the electricity industry, it took a long time to make retail competition work. In Norway and Sweden a considerable number of households are actively using the market but very few households are active in Finland and Denmark. One problem has been institutional barriers involving metering, limited unbundling of distribution and supply, and limited access to reliable information on contracts and prices. (author)

Authors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
20824179
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Electricity Journal
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 9; Other Information: Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved; Journal ID: ISSN 1040-6190
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; NORWAY; SWEDEN; FINLAND; DENMARK; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY; COMPETITION; INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS; PRICES; CONTRACTS; METERING

Citation Formats

Olsen, Ole Jess, Johnsen, Tor Arnt, and Lewis, Philip. A Mixed Nordic Experience: Implementing Competitive Retail Electricity Markets for Household Customers. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1016/J.TEJ.2006.09.011.
Olsen, Ole Jess, Johnsen, Tor Arnt, & Lewis, Philip. A Mixed Nordic Experience: Implementing Competitive Retail Electricity Markets for Household Customers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TEJ.2006.09.011
Olsen, Ole Jess, Johnsen, Tor Arnt, and Lewis, Philip. 2006. "A Mixed Nordic Experience: Implementing Competitive Retail Electricity Markets for Household Customers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.TEJ.2006.09.011.
@article{osti_20824179,
title = {A Mixed Nordic Experience: Implementing Competitive Retail Electricity Markets for Household Customers},
author = {Olsen, Ole Jess and Johnsen, Tor Arnt and Lewis, Philip},
abstractNote = {Although the Nordic countries were among the first to develop competition in the electricity industry, it took a long time to make retail competition work. In Norway and Sweden a considerable number of households are actively using the market but very few households are active in Finland and Denmark. One problem has been institutional barriers involving metering, limited unbundling of distribution and supply, and limited access to reliable information on contracts and prices. (author)},
doi = {10.1016/J.TEJ.2006.09.011},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/20824179}, journal = {Electricity Journal},
issn = {1040-6190},
number = 9,
volume = 19,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Wed Nov 15 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}