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Deregulation of the Electricity Supply Industry

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During the nineties decade, many electric utilities and power network companies world-wide have been forced to change their ways of doing business, from vertically integrated mechanisms to open market systems. The reasons have been many and have differed over regions and countries.

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Bhattacharya, K., Bollen, M.H.J., Daalder, J.E. (2001). Deregulation of the Electricity Supply Industry. In: Operation of Restructured Power Systems. The Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1465-7_1

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