A framework of peak load pricing with strategic firms

Operations Research

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1637-1649

  Zöttl, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE-LOADS; CAMBRIDGE; INVESTMENT INCENTIVES; OPTIMAL INVESTMENTS; PEAK LOAD; SPOT MARKET; STORABILITY; UTILITY REGULATION;

INVESTMENTS; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC UTILITIES;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 78651412583     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1100.0836     Document Type: Article

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