<p><bold>Leveque F (ed). 2006, Competitive Electricity Markets and Sustainability, Massachusetts, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Inc, 302 pp</bold></p><p>This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear, gas, and renewable sources are mainly left to private initiative and investors. This book also deals with typical issues such as security of supply, future electricity markets, electricity pricing, grid reinforcement, and network expansion. With a focus of US and UK liberalized electricity markets, this book offers a much-needed assessment of the long-term consequences of liberalization.</p></sec></body></article></article></body></html>

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Competitive electricity markets and sustainability

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<p><bold>Leveque F (ed). 2006, Competitive Electricity Markets and Sustainability, Massachusetts, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Inc, 302 pp</bold></p><p>This book responds to the opening up of electricity markets to competition, which has changed the nature of power generation. The building of new generation and transmission capacity and the setting of the energy mix between nuclear, gas, and renewable sources are mainly left to private initiative and investors. This book also deals with typical issues such as security of supply, future electricity markets, electricity pricing, grid reinforcement, and network expansion. With a focus of US and UK liberalized electricity markets, this book offers a much-needed assessment of the long-term consequences of liberalization.</p></sec></body></article></article></body></html>