Blowing in the wind: Vanishing payoffs of a tolling agreement for natural-gas-fired generation of electricity in Texas

Energy Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 207-230

  Woo, Chi Keung ^a,b   Horowitz, Ira ^c   Horii, Brian ^a   Orans, Ren ^a   Zarnikau, Jay ^d,e  

^a Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Frontier Associates LLC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Investment incentive; Spark spread option; Tolling agreement; Wind generation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865041671     PISSN: 01956574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol33-No1-8     Document Type: Article

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