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DOI	10.1016/j.enpol.2019.111150
	Managing the liberalization of Italy's retail electricity market: A policy proposal☆
	Stagnaro C.; Amenta C.; Di Croce G.; Lavecchia L.
发表日期	2020
ISSN	0301-4215
卷号	137
英文摘要	Italy will phase out electricity retail price regulation by July 1st, 2020. Until then, residential customers and small businesses who do not choose their supplier are served under a regulated tariff named “maggior tutela” (greater protection), supplied by the local distributor at a price set by the regulator. We review the literature on electricity retail competition – with particular regard to its expected effects on prices, innovation, and customer engagement – and the conditions under which competition is expected to deliver benefits. We perform a Structure-Conduct-Performance analysis of Italy's retail electricity market for residential customers, finding two issues potentially problematic: excessive market concentration and low customer engagement. We propose a phase-out mechanism that relies on graduality, asymmetric regulation, and a mandatory, opt-out collective switching exercise. The mechanism aims to rapidly reduce market concentration by leveraging behavioral incentives to customers to switch to the cheapest supplier. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Competition; Electricity; Italy; Regulation; Retail market
学科领域	Commerce; Competition; Deregulation; Electric industry; Electricity; Housing; Power markets; Asymmetric regulation; Italy; Market concentration; Performance analysis; Regulation; Residential customers; Retail electricity markets; Retail market; Sales; competitiveness; consumption behavior; electricity supply; energy policy; industrial regulation; innovation; liberalization; retailing; Italy
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Commerce; Competition; Deregulation; Electric industry; Electricity; Housing; Power markets; Asymmetric regulation; Italy; Market concentration; Performance analysis; Regulation; Residential customers; Retail electricity markets; Retail market; Sales; competitiveness; consumption behavior; electricity supply; energy policy; industrial regulation; innovation; liberalization; retailing; Italy
来源期刊	Energy Policy
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/118170
作者单位	Istituto Bruno Leoni, Italy; Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy; Gestore Servizi Elettrici (GSE), Italy; Osservatorio Italiano sulla Povertà Energetica (OIPE-Levi Cases), Italy
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Stagnaro C.,Amenta C.,Di Croce G.,et al. Managing the liberalization of Italy's retail electricity market: A policy proposal☆[J],2020,137.
APA	Stagnaro C.,Amenta C.,Di Croce G.,&Lavecchia L..(2020).Managing the liberalization of Italy's retail electricity market: A policy proposal☆.Energy Policy,137.
MLA	Stagnaro C.,et al."Managing the liberalization of Italy's retail electricity market: A policy proposal☆".Energy Policy 137(2020).