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Regional demand foe electricity and implications for policy

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This study estimates sectoral electricity demand for the Tennessee Valley, employing retail distributor level pooled data. Its design is structured around availability of natural gas. Demand parameters are sufficiently different from those estimated from state data to warrant similar studies for meeting regional power planning and policy evaluation needs.

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  1. Office of Planning, Analysis and Evaluation, Conservation and Environment, Federal Energy Administration, Washington, D. C.

    G. S. Gill (Director of the Analysis and Evaluation Division)

  2. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

    R. D. Ellison (staff member of the Energy Division)

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Research sponsored by the National Science Foundation RANN program under Union Carbide's contract with the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration.

The authors gratefully acknowledge the useful comments received from Wen S. Chern and W. W. Lin on an earlier draft of this paper. T. J. Tyrrell's help in compiling the data is appreciated.

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Gill, G.S., Ellison, R.D. Regional demand foe electricity and implications for policy. Ann Reg Sci 10, 9–23 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01303239

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