Retrospective modeling of the merit-order effect on wholesale electricity prices from distributed photovoltaic generation in the Australian National Electricity Market

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2013

Authors

McConnell, Dylan
Hearps, P J
Eales, Dominic
Sandiford, Michael. A
Dunn, Rebecca
Wright, Matthew.N
Bateman, Lachlan

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Elsevier

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In electricity markets that use a merit order dispatch system, generation capacity is ranked by the price that it is bid into the market. Demand is then met by dispatching electricity according to this rank, from the lowest to the highest bid. The last ca

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Keywords: Coal-fired generators; Electricity generators; Electricity market; Merit order effect; National electricity markets; Photovoltaic generation; Renewable generation; Wholesale electricity; Electric generators; Electricity; Photovoltaic effects; Taxation; Co Electricity market; Merit order effect; Photovoltaic generation

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Energy Policy

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Journal article

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2037-12-31