Renewable energy's vanishing premium in Texas's retail electricity pricing plans

B-Tier
Journal: Energy Policy
Year: 2019
Volume: 132
Issue: C
Pages: 764-770

Authors (2)

Score contribution per author:

1.005 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Traditionally, there has been a premium in green pricing plans for electricity supply with high renewable energy content. Using a sample of 710 plans offered in December 2018 by Texas's competitive retailers to residents in Dallas, Houston, Corpus Christi and Abilene, we document that there is no longer a statistically significant renewable energy premium in Texas's retail electricity pricing. Attributable to the declining cost of renewable energy, this finding's policy implication is that continuing development of renewable energy is unlikely to adversely impact Texas's residents.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:enepol:v:132:y:2019:i:c:p:764-770
Journal Field
Energy
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-29