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No evidence of direct link between liberalisation and lower prices for domestic users

- Recent evidence on the impact of electricity liberalisation on
consumer prices - by Steve Thomas, PSIRU
April 2006

New study of PSIRU which looks at a number of recent papers which argues that there is a connection between liberalised markets and lower prices. There is none.

  • EN Rep. April 2006 Electricity prices
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