Electricity transmission arrangements in Great Britain: Time for change?

Energy Policy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 298-311

  Strbac, Goran ^a   Pollitt, Michael ^b   Konstantinidis, Christos Vasilakos ^a   Konstantelos, Ioannis ^a   Moreno, Rodrigo ^a,c   Newbery, David ^a,b   Green, Richard ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Market design; Multi purpose transmission investment; Transmission regulation and pricing

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES;

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION; INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATORS; INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENT; MARKET DESIGN; TRANSMISSION INVESTMENTS; TRANSMISSION PLANNING; TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS;

INVESTMENTS;

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY PLANNING; INVESTMENT; PRICING POLICY; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INCENTIVE; PRICE DETERMINATION; REGULATORY APPROACH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84905373190     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2014.06.014     Document Type: Article

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