In the past, regulatory interventions in power markets mainly focused on achieving moderate prices for end-consumers and high security of supply. In the light of stringent targets for reductions in CO2 emissions, power markets will need to decarbonize, posing a great challenge for power producers and policy makers. In this thesis, I show how regulators can reconcile the aims of efficiency and CO2 reduction by appropriate market design and regulation, in particular by considering second order effects of regulations on the behaviour of power producers.
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In the past, regulatory interventions in power markets mainly focused on achieving moderate prices for end-consumers and high security of supply. In the light of stringent targets for reductions in CO2 emissions, power markets will need to decarbonize, posing a great challenge for power producers and policy makers. In this thesis, I show how regulators can reconcile the aims of efficiency and CO2 reduction by appropriate market design and regulation, in particular by considering second order eff...
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