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When Power Companies Break Their Promises
A electricity supplier in Alberta deliberately timed ‘emergency’ outages of its power plants to drive up spot prices and boost its profits. Our study shows this strategy cost the province up to $600 million in a single year.
David Benatia
Jun 15, 2024
4 min read
Research
Reaching new lows? The pandemic's consequences for electricity markets
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David Benatia
,
Samuel Gingras
Strategic reneging and market power in sequential markets
David Benatia
,
Étienne Billette de Villemeur
Ring the alarm! Electricity markets, renewables, and the pandemic
The pandemic exposed the weaknesses of the current electricity market design. I combine machine learning predictions with econometric models to study the short-term consequences of the crisis in France (
Energy Economics, 2022
).
David Benatia
Electricity markets under lockdown: insights from New York
David Benatia
Evaluating an interconnection project: do strategic interactions matter?
summary (
Energy Economics, 2022
).
Sébastien Débia
,
David Benatia
,
Pierre-Olivier Pineau
Functional econometrics of multi-unit auctions: an application to the New York electricity market
David Benatia
Functional linear regression with functional response
summary (
Energy Economics, 2022
).
David Benatia
,
Marine Carrasco
,
Jean-Pierre Florens
The Determinants of Entry in The Electricity Generation Sector in OECD Countries: A Focus on Renewable Energy
David Benatia
,
Tomasz Koźluk
Effectiveness of Policies and Strategies to Increase the Capacity Utilisation of Intermittent Renewable Power Plants
David Benatia
,
Nick Johnstone
,
Ivan Haščič
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