Market failures and barriers as a basis for clean energy policies

This paper provides compelling evidence that large-scale market failures and barriers prevent consumers in the United States from obtaining energy services at least cost. Assessments of numerous energy policies and programs suggest that public interventions can overcome many of these market obstacle...

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Published inEnergy policy Vol. 29; no. 14; pp. 1197 - 1207
Main Author Brown, Marilyn A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.11.2001
Elsevier
Elsevier Science Ltd
SeriesEnergy Policy
Subjects
Case studies
Clean energy
Clean technology
Costs
Economic efficiency
Efficiency gap
Energy efficiency
Energy policy
Failure
Market erosion
Market failure
Market failures
Policy making
Policy studies
Pollution control
R&D
Research & development
Studies
U.S.A
United States > US
USA
Efficiency gap
Market failures
Clean energy
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Summary:This paper provides compelling evidence that large-scale market failures and barriers prevent consumers in the United States from obtaining energy services at least cost. Assessments of numerous energy policies and programs suggest that public interventions can overcome many of these market obstacles. By articulating these barriers and reviewing the literature on ways of addressing them, this paper provides a strong justification for the policy portfolios that define the “Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future,” a study conducted by five National Laboratories. These scenarios are described in other papers published in this special issue of Energy Policy.
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ISSN:0301-4215
1873-6777
DOI:10.1016/S0301-4215(01)00067-2