Increasing market interconnection: An analysis of the Italian electricity spot market

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-322

  Boffa, Federico ^a   Pingali, Viswanath ^b   Vannoni, Davide ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACERATA   (Italy)

^b Institute for Financial Management and Research   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congestion; Electricity industry; Transmission constraints; Zonal pricing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY SPOT MARKET; END-USERS; GEOGRAPHIC ZONES; INTERCONNECTIVITY; SPOT MARKET; TRANSMISSION CAPACITIES; TRANSMISSION CONSTRAINT; ZONAL PRICING; ZONAL TRANSMISSION;

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; PROFITABILITY;

COMMERCE;

EID: 77950689765     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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