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Article

Low-Carbon Policies and Power Generation Modes: An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Vertical Governments and Power Generation Groups

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Jinhe Center for Economic Research, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
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School of Economics and Finance, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710061, China
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Energies 2025, 18(19), 5210; https://doi.org/10.3390/en18195210
Submission received: 28 August 2025 / Revised: 24 September 2025 / Accepted: 28 September 2025 / Published: 30 September 2025

Abstract

Given the great proportion of CO2 emissions from electricity generation in total energy-related CO2 emissions, this article constructs a tripartite evolutionary game model consisting of vertical governments and power generation groups (PGGs), where the vertical governments include the central government (CG) and local governments (LGs), considering the externalities of different power generation modes on energy security and the environment. This article analyzes the stable strategies of the three players through replicator dynamics equations, draws the evolutionary phase diagrams, and analyzes the asymptotic stability of equilibrium points by using Jacobian matrices. To validate and broaden the results, this article also provides a numerical simulation. This article concludes that (1) a reduction in the supervision, enforcement, or low-carbonization costs of the CG, LGs, or PGGs motivates it or them to choose “supervision”, “enforcement”, or “low-carbonization” strategies; (2) an increase in penalty incomes or expenses encourages the CG or LGs to choose the “supervision” or “enforcement” strategies; (3) a rise in extra tax expenses motivates PGGs to choose the “low-carbonization” strategy; (4) a change in the externalities of energy security or the environment has no impact on the CG’s strategy. The above conclusions offer the CG and LGs with references for making effective low-carbon policies and provide PGGs with references for choosing an appropriate power generation mode.
Keywords: vertical governments; power generation groups; environmental externalities; energy security externalities; evolutionary game vertical governments; power generation groups; environmental externalities; energy security externalities; evolutionary game

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Yu, J.; Feng, Z. Low-Carbon Policies and Power Generation Modes: An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Vertical Governments and Power Generation Groups. Energies 2025, 18, 5210. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18195210

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Yu J, Feng Z. Low-Carbon Policies and Power Generation Modes: An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Vertical Governments and Power Generation Groups. Energies. 2025; 18(19):5210. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18195210

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Yu, Jun, and Zongxian Feng. 2025. "Low-Carbon Policies and Power Generation Modes: An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Vertical Governments and Power Generation Groups" Energies 18, no. 19: 5210. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18195210

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Yu, J., & Feng, Z. (2025). Low-Carbon Policies and Power Generation Modes: An Evolutionary Game Analysis of Vertical Governments and Power Generation Groups. Energies, 18(19), 5210. https://doi.org/10.3390/en18195210

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