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Policies for decarbonizing a liberalized power sector

David M Newbery

Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), 2018, vol. 12, No 2018-40, 24 pages

Abstract: Given the agreed urgency of decarbonizing electricity and the need to guide decentralized private decisions, an adequate and credible carbon price appears essential. The paper models and quantifies the break-even carbon price for mature zero-carbon electricity investments. It appears an attractive alternative given the difficulty of measuring the social cost of carbon, but modelling shows it extremely sensitive to projected fuel prices, the rate of interest, and the capital cost of generation options, all of which are very uncertain. This has important implications, and justifies combining a carbon price floor with suitable long-term contracts for electricity investments.

Keywords: carbon price; electricity; investment; renewables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C65 Q42 Q48 Q51 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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