TY - GEN
T1 - Efficiency and trade network analysis of the electricity market
T2 - 2013 ASE/IEEE Int. Conf. on Social Computing, SocialCom 2013, the 2013 ASE/IEEE Int. Conf. on Big Data, BigData 2013, the 2013 Int. Conf. on Economic Computing, EconCom 2013, the 2013 PASSAT 2013, and the 2013 ASE/IEEE Int. Conf. on BioMedCom 2013
AU - Creamer, Bernardo
AU - Creamer, Germán G.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper proposes an econometric model that explains the efficiency of electric power plants between the years 1985 and 2005, and also builds a network among the different states based on fuel trade during the period 1990 to 2005 to evaluate the dynamic relationship among efficiency, technology adoption and the following variables: the corporate decision to acquire emission abatement technology; prices and quantities of low and high sulfur coal; SO2 allowances prices, and the operation and maintenance cost of abating technology. This paper concludes that firms respond to the imposition of pollution control regulations such as the Clean Air Act (CAA) by selecting an efficient strategy that simultaneously control emissions and minimize costs. Efficiency increases when more sub-bituminous coal is used because of its lower level of emissions in comparison to bituminous coal and when the electricity sector is deregulated. An important factor that affects the use of coal is its cost. So, when the cost of sub-bituminous coal increases, we expect that less sub-bituminous coal is used and as a result both technical and scale efficiency decrease. Likewise larger plants are less efficient because of their restrictions to switch technology quickly and minimize costs. Technical efficiency has an important positive impact on the dynamic of the coal trade among states considering that electricity generating plants located closer to the Powder River Basin seem to benefit more of their proximity to major subbituminous sources.
AB - This paper proposes an econometric model that explains the efficiency of electric power plants between the years 1985 and 2005, and also builds a network among the different states based on fuel trade during the period 1990 to 2005 to evaluate the dynamic relationship among efficiency, technology adoption and the following variables: the corporate decision to acquire emission abatement technology; prices and quantities of low and high sulfur coal; SO2 allowances prices, and the operation and maintenance cost of abating technology. This paper concludes that firms respond to the imposition of pollution control regulations such as the Clean Air Act (CAA) by selecting an efficient strategy that simultaneously control emissions and minimize costs. Efficiency increases when more sub-bituminous coal is used because of its lower level of emissions in comparison to bituminous coal and when the electricity sector is deregulated. An important factor that affects the use of coal is its cost. So, when the cost of sub-bituminous coal increases, we expect that less sub-bituminous coal is used and as a result both technical and scale efficiency decrease. Likewise larger plants are less efficient because of their restrictions to switch technology quickly and minimize costs. Technical efficiency has an important positive impact on the dynamic of the coal trade among states considering that electricity generating plants located closer to the Powder River Basin seem to benefit more of their proximity to major subbituminous sources.
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U2 - 10.1109/SocialCom.2013.146
DO - 10.1109/SocialCom.2013.146
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893531439
SN - 9780769551371
T3 - Proceedings - SocialCom/PASSAT/BigData/EconCom/BioMedCom 2013
SP - 936
EP - 939
BT - Proceedings - SocialCom/PASSAT/BigData/EconCom/BioMedCom 2013
Y2 - 8 September 2013 through 14 September 2013
ER -