Can Deployment of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency PutDownward Pressure on Natural Gas Prices [electronic resource].
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- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 2005.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Additional Creators
- United States. Department of Energy and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- High and volatile natural gas prices have increasingly led to calls for investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. One line of argument is that deployment of these resources may lead to reductions in the demand for and price of natural gas. Many recent U.S.-based modeling studies have demonstrated that this effect could provide significant consumer savings. In this article we evaluate these studies, and benchmark their findings against economic theory, other modeling results, and a limited empirical literature. We find that many uncertainties remain regarding the absolute magnitude of this effect, and that the reduction in natural gas prices may not represent an increase in aggregate economic wealth. Nonetheless, we conclude that many of the studies of the impact of renewable energy and energy efficiency on natural gas prices appear to have represented this effect within reason, given current knowledge. These studies specifically suggest that a 1% reduction in U.S. natural gas demand could lead to long-term average wellhead price reductions of 0.8% to 2%, and that each megawatt-hour of renewable energy and energy efficiency may benefit natural gas consumers to the tune of at least $7.5 to $20.
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- E 1.99:lbnl--57270
lbnl--57270 - Other Subject(s)
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- Published through SciTech Connect.
06/01/2005.
"lbnl--57270"
": EB2502010"
Energy Policy 35 1 ISSN 0301-4215; ENPYAC FT
Bolinger, Mark; Wiser, Ryan.
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, Berkeley, CA (US) - Funding Information
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
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