Distribution access pricing: Application of the OFTEL rule to a yardstick competition scheme

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1001-1007

  Recordon, Eduardo ^a   Rudnick, Hugh ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Access pricing; Distribution costs; Distribution pricing; Opportunity costs; Power sector deregulation; Supply costs

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DEREGULATION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRIC RATES; TRANSMISSION NETWORK CALCULATIONS;

ACCESS PRICING; DISTRIBUTION COSTS; DISTRIBUTION PRICING; OPPORTUNITY COSTS; POWER SECTOR DEREGULATION; SUPPLY COSTS; YARDSTICK COMPETITION SCHEME;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036873276     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2002.804940     Document Type: Article

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