Sentence examples for above competitive from inspiring English sources
"Market power" is an economist's term for the ability to limit competition and thus sell gasoline above competitive prices.
Research that Mr. Joskow of M.I.T. and a colleague, Edward Kahn, conducted for Southern California Edison concluded that power generators "engaged in behavior to drive prices above competitive levels," Mr. Joskow said.
Also in March, the operators of the state's power grid told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that wholesale electricity prices in California were more than $6 billion above competitive prices over the previous 10 months.
California utilities paid $6.2 billion above competitive prices for wholesale electricity over the last 10 months, according to estimates filed today by the operators of the state's power grid.
The commission said the private group, the New York Independent System Operator, should be permitted to penalize electric generating companies if they repeatedly use improper tactics to increase, above competitive levels, the prices paid by utility companies that distribute electricity to consumers.
With its all-metal stressed-skin construction (which used the metal skin covering itself to carry aerodynamic loads), retractable gear, two 550-horsepower Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial engines, and cowlings inspired by NACA research, the 10-passenger Model 247 seemed to be head-and-shoulders above competitive aircraft.
Judge Jackson ruled that Microsoft had the ability to "price substantially above the competitive level".
More precisely, a firm is a monopolist if it can profitably raise prices substantially above the competitive level.
"Entry barriers" are factors that prevent new rivals from timely responding to an increase in price above the competitive level.
The fees, he said, though lowered, were still far above the competitive rate of as little as 2 cents for each $100.
While he is not above being competitive with her, he sees her role in the peace effort as potentially bolstering him rather than undercutting him, those people say.
