کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
999399 936819 2006 19 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Residential energy contracts and the 28 day rule
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه مهندسی انرژی انرژی (عمومی)
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Residential energy contracts and the 28 day rule
چکیده انگلیسی

What measures are needed to protect customers when a utility market is first opened to competition? In the UK, residential (domestic) customers must be able to terminate energy contracts at 28 days' notice. This rule was introduced as a transitional protection for customers and for competition. However, the regulatory justification for the rule seems to have evolved over time. Removing the rule could have a number of advantages, including the development of fixed-price fixed-term contracts. The advantages of retaining the rule are questionable. In other retail sectors there is no regulatory concern or requirement of this kind. UK electricity suppliers have begun to offer capped prices for specified periods of time, suggesting that there is a growing customer demand for this. Fixed-price fixed-term contracts are a common form of competition in Scandinavia. The 28 day rule no longer seems necessary to protect customers and is more likely to distort than to protect competition. In retrospect, it would have been preferable not to introduce the rule in the first place.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Utilities Policy - Volume 14, Issue 1, March 2006, Pages 44–62
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