Why did wholesale power prices in California go negative last year

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Electricity from new #wind 3x more costly than existing #coal @GarethMP

22 Jan 2016 1 Comment

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@Greenpeace why are German and Danish power prices so high?

24 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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Energy poverty and Euro inflation rates

04 Oct 2015 Leave a comment

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Why are Australian power prices so high?

15 Aug 2015 Leave a comment

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Why is Danish electric power more expensive than anywhere else?

17 Jul 2015 Leave a comment

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Household energy price inflation in New Zealand

09 Jun 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in energy economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: , , , , , ,

Energy prices seem to have been roaring ahead of consumer prices since the first quarter of 2001. Maybe that is a major contributor to fuel poverty in New Zealand and material deprivation among more poor households in the winter. What gives?

Figure 1: ratio of household energy price index to consumer price index – all groups, March quarter 1995 – March quarter 2015, base = 1995

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Source: Statistics New Zealand Infoshare.

Figure 2: Household energy price index and consumer price index – all groups, March quarter 1975 – March quarter 2015, base = 1995

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Source: Statistics New Zealand Infoshare.

Wind power doesn’t seem to do much for power prices in Germany and Denmark

22 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

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Household electricity prices by country, state and province, including New Zealand and Australia

21 Apr 2015 Leave a comment

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The numbers behind any shift to a lower carbon economy simply don’t add up

24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment

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