The performance of the U.S. market for independent electricity generation

Energy Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 23-39

  Comnes, G Alan ^a,b   Kahn, Edward P ^a,c   Belden, Tim N ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MRW and Associates Inc   (United States)

^c NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING   (United States)

^d Williams Energy Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC LOAD DISPATCHING; ELECTRIC RATES; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

INDEPENDENT ELECTRICITY GENERATION; POWER PURCHASE CONTRACTS; RESIDUAL PRICE VARIATION;

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION;

EID: 0029704859     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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