Integration of price cap and yardstick competition schemes in electrical distribution regulation

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1428-1433

  Rudnick, Hugh ^a   Donoso, Jorge A ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Distribution costs; Distribution pricing; Distribution regulation; Power distribution economics; Price cap, tariffs

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COSTS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE;

ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION REGULATION;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034430897     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/59.898123     Document Type: Article

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