Measuring Gains from Regional Dispatch: Coal-Fired Power Plant Utilization and Market Reforms
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DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol27-No1-7
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- Stratford Douglas, 2006. "Measuring Gains from Regional Dispatch: Coal-Fired Power Plant Utilization and Market Reforms," The Energy Journal, International Association for Energy Economics, vol. 0(Number 1), pages 119-138.
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Utilization rates; annual capacity factors; Coal-fired power; Eastern US; efficiency;All these keywords.
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- F0 - International Economics - - General
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