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 in | Energy policy Vol. 29; no. 14; pp. 1197 - 1207 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Kidlington
Elsevier Ltd
01.11.2001
Elsevier Elsevier Science Ltd |
Series | Energy Policy |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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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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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0301-4215 1873-6777 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0301-4215(01)00067-2 |