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Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2022.101318
Titel (primär) Optimal federal co-regulation of renewable energy deployment
Autor Meier, J.-N.; Lehmann, P.
Quelle Resource and Energy Economics
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
Department OEKON
Band/Volume 70
Seite von art. 101318
Sprache englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords multi-level governance; environmental regulation; renewable energies; tender scheme; feed-in tariff; spatial planning
Abstract In federally organized countries the allocation of renewable energy (RE) deployment iss regulated by national and subnational governments. We analyze the efficiency of this federal co-regulation when different types of policy instruments – price and quantity – are applied at different government levels. Using an analytical model with two government levels, we show that efficient federal co-regulation crucially depends on the burden sharing of national subsidy costs among subnational jurisdictions. We find that national price-based regulation, i.e. feed-in tariff, is efficient if burden shares of subnational jurisdictions are distributed in proportion to their population. This holds regardless of the policy instrument applied at the subnational level as long as RE deployment causes regional costs instead of regional benefits. Under national quantity-based regulation, i.e. tenders, efficient burden sharing depends on the policy instrument applied at the subnational level. Subnational price-based regulation, e.g. state-level levies, combined with national quantity-based regulation requires burden shares to be oriented towards first-best RE deployment shares. By contrast, subnational quantity-based regulation, i.e. spatial planning, combined with national quantity-based regulation, under certain conditions, requires population-oriented burden sharing, namely, if RE deployment only causes negative regional effects. If so, we also show that national quantity-based regulation ends up to be de-facto price-based.
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Meier, J.-N., Lehmann, P. (2022):
Optimal federal co-regulation of renewable energy deployment
Resour. Energy Econ. 70 , art. 101318 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2022.101318