The impact of wind generation on wholesale electricity prices in the hydro-rich pacific northwest

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4245-4253

  Woo, Chi Keung ^a   Zarnikau, Jay ^b,c   Kadish, Jonathan ^d   Horowitz, Ira ^e   Wang, Jianhui ^f   Olson, Arne ^d  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c Frontier Associates LLC   (United States)

^d Energy and Environmental Economics Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^f ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electricity markets; Electricity prices; Power system economics; Regression analysis; Sustainable development; Wind energy

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL GENERATION; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ELECTRICITY MARKET; ELECTRICITY PRICES; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY; WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETS;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRICITY; INVESTMENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIND POWER;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 84886092345     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2013.2265238     Document Type: Article

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