Optimization Methods For Evaluating Competitive Bids From Private Producers

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 729-735

  Kahn, Edward P ^a   Berman, Douglas ^a   Grahame, Thomas ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive bidding; generation expan sion; nonprice factors; optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION - OPTIMIZATION; FUELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

COMPETITIVE BIDDING; FUEL DIVERSITY; POWER GENERATION EXPANSION; PRIVATE POWER PRODUCTION;

ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

EID: 0026154956     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: 15580679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/59.76719     Document Type: Article

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