Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research: Recent submissions

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    • On The Portents of Peak Oil (And Other Indicators of Resource Scarcity) 

      Smith, James L. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2010-08)
      Although economists have studied various indicators of resource scarcity (e.g., unit cost, resource rent, and market price), the phenomenon of “peaking” has largely been ignored due to its connection to non-economic theories ...

    • Modelling the Effects of Nuclear Fuel Reservoir Operation in a Competitive Electricity Market 

      Lykidi, Maria; Glachant, Jean-Michel; Gourdel, Pascal (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2010-07)
      In many countries, the electricity systems are quitting the vertically integrated monopoly organization for an operation framed by competitive markets. In such a competitive regime one can ask what the optimal management ...

    • Electricity Network Tariff Architectures: A Comparison of Four OECD Countries 

      Sakhrani, Vivek; Parsons, John E. (MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2010-07-01)
      The study is motivated by the question “what is the optimal tariff design?” While we do not offer an answer to this question, we use the different designs in four select countries to illuminate the issues involved in ...