La liberalizzazione del mercato elettrico - Una proposta per superare la maggior tutela

Stagnaro, Carlo and Amenta, Carlo and Di Croce, Giulia and Lavecchia, Luciano (2017): La liberalizzazione del mercato elettrico - Una proposta per superare la maggior tutela. Forthcoming in: Annali dell'Università degli Studi di Palermo (November 2017)

Abstract

Italian electricity consumers have been free to choose their supplier since 2007, but about 66 percent are still supplied under the so-called maggior tutela, a regulated regime. Italy’s Annual Competition Law states that regulated prices will be phased out by July 1st, 2019. This paper performs an analysis of the country’s retail electricity market following the structure-conduct-performance paradigm. Two main issues emerge that need to be addressed: market concentration and consumer inertia. The paper proposes several policy tools, aimed at both the supply and the demand side, aimed at promoting supply diversification, market entry and an increased customer engagement.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: The liberalization of Italy's retail electricity market: a policy proposal
• Language: Italian
• Keywords: electricity, gas, liberalization, energy, italy
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L1 - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance > L11 - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure ; Size Distribution of Firms; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q4 - Energy > Q41 - Demand and Supply ; Prices; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q4 - Energy > Q48 - Government Policy

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