Electricity supply chain coordination with carbon abatement technology investment under the benchmarking mechanism

<p style='text-indent:20px;'>The introduction of the benchmarking mechanism into electricity industry has influenced whether utility firms choose to invest in carbon abatement technology. This study presents an supply chain that includes a firm as leader and retailer follower decide on price technology investment. The discusses impact decision-making enterprises. main conclusions are follows: (1) Investing increased demand, customer surplus, profits (2) Carbon investment enterprises with unit quota. (3) A revenue-sharing cost-sharing contract could be used coordinate chain.</p>