The figure to the right shows the market demand for electricity and the average total cost and marginal cost of producing Kelectricity for a utility company. Suppose the utility company is a regulated natural monopoly. If government regulators want to achieve economic efficiency, then they will regulate a price of $☐ per kilowatt hour. (Enter a numeric response using a real number rounded to two decimal places.) Now suppose instead that government regulators want to set the lowest price such that the utility company will not suffer a loss so that it will continue to produce in the long run. If so, then government regulators will set a price of $ per kilowatt hour. 0.52 0.48 0.44- 0.40- 0.36- 0.32- 0.28- Price and cost (dollars per kilowatt hour) 0.24- 0.20- 0.16- 0.12- ATC MC D 0.08- 0.04- 0.00- 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 Quantity of kilowatt hours (in billions)
The figure to the right shows the market demand for electricity and the average total cost and marginal cost of producing Kelectricity for a utility company. Suppose the utility company is a regulated natural monopoly. If government regulators want to achieve economic efficiency, then they will regulate a price of $☐ per kilowatt hour. (Enter a numeric response using a real number rounded to two decimal places.) Now suppose instead that government regulators want to set the lowest price such that the utility company will not suffer a loss so that it will continue to produce in the long run. If so, then government regulators will set a price of $ per kilowatt hour. 0.52 0.48 0.44- 0.40- 0.36- 0.32- 0.28- Price and cost (dollars per kilowatt hour) 0.24- 0.20- 0.16- 0.12- ATC MC D 0.08- 0.04- 0.00- 0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 Quantity of kilowatt hours (in billions)
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Transcribed Image Text:The figure to the right shows the market demand for electricity and the average total cost and marginal cost of producing
Kelectricity for a utility company.
Suppose the utility company is a regulated natural monopoly. If government regulators want to achieve
economic efficiency, then they will regulate a price of $☐ per kilowatt hour. (Enter a numeric response using a real
number rounded to two decimal places.)
Now suppose instead that government regulators want to set the lowest price such that the utility company will not suffer
a loss so that it will continue to produce in the long run. If so, then government regulators will set a price of $ per
kilowatt hour.
0.52
0.48
0.44-
0.40-
0.36-
0.32-
0.28-
Price and cost (dollars per kilowatt hour)
0.24-
0.20-
0.16-
0.12-
ATC
MC
D
0.08-
0.04-
0.00-
0
4
8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48
Quantity of kilowatt hours (in billions)
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