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Smart Meters and Retail Competition: Trends and Challenges

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  • Jacint Enrich
  • Ruoyi Li
  • Alejandro Mizrahi
  • Mar Reguant

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Retail electricity competition has been introduced for over a decade in many markets, but challenges in having an active retail market remain. Universal smart meters have also emerged as a trend. What is the interaction between competition and smart meters? What role can information via smart meters play in these markets? Has it enabled enhanced competition? Or has it further increased the incumbent's advantage? We present an overview and preliminary exploration using an aggregate data set from the Spanish electricity market. The evidence suggests that competition challenges remain large, although some modest evidence of increased pricing innovation exists.

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  • Jacint Enrich & Ruoyi Li & Alejandro Mizrahi & Mar Reguant, 2022. "Smart Meters and Retail Competition: Trends and Challenges," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 112, pages 461-465, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:112:y:2022:p:461-65
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20221061
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    1. Enrich, Jacint & Li, Ruoyi & Mizrahi, Alejandro & Reguant, Mar, 2024. "Measuring the impact of time-of-use pricing on electricity consumption: Evidence from Spain," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
    • L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
    • L98 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Government Policy

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