The costs of power outages: A case study from Cyprus

Energy Policy

Volumn 51, Issue , 2012, Pages 630-641

  Zachariadis, Theodoros ^a   Poullikkas, Andreas ^b  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^b Electricity Authority of Cyprus   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Energy crisis; Value of lost load; Welfare losses

Indexed keywords

ADDITIONAL COSTS; ECONOMIC LOSS; ECONOMIC SECTORS; ENERGY CRISIS; IN-LINE; NATIONAL ENERGY AUTHORITIES; OUTAGE COST; POWER GENERATING CAPACITY; POWER OUTAGE; POWER SHORTAGE; VALUE OF LOST LOAD; WELFARE LOSS;

COST ACCOUNTING; COST ENGINEERING; COSTS; ENERGY POLICY; LOSSES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

OUTAGES;

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY USE; POWER GENERATION;

CYPRUS;

EID: 84868211066     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2012.09.015     Document Type: Article

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