Economic inefficiency of passive transmission rights in congested electricity systems with competitive generation

Energy Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-83

  Oren, Shmuel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; CONTRACTS; COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CONGESTED ELECTRICITY SYSTEMS; COURNOT MODEL; ENERGY MARKET; INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR; PASSIVE TRANSMISSION RIGHTS; TRANSMISSION CONGESTION CONTRACTS;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY;

EID: 0030675936     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol18-No1-3     Document Type: Article

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