Fuel cost uncertainty, capacity investment and price in a competitive electricity market

Energy Economics

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 233-240

  Gal, Nurit ^a   Milstein, Irena ^b   Tishler, Asher ^c,e   Woo, C K ^d  

^a Public Utility Authority Electricity   (Israel)

^b HOLON INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Rishon LeZion ^*  (Israel)

^d THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Competitive electricity market; Electricity price; Generation investment under uncertainty; Natural gas price volatility

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; FUELS; INVESTMENTS; NATURAL GAS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POWER MARKETS; PROFITABILITY; PUBLIC POLICY;

COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY MARKETS; ELECTRICITY PRICES; GENERATION INVESTMENT; GENERATION INVESTMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTIES; INDEPENDENT POWER PRODUCERS; NATURAL GAS PRICE; POLICY IMPLICATIONS; UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES;

COSTS;

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY MARKET; INVESTMENT; NATURAL GAS; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85002806828     PISSN: 01409883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2016.11.014     Document Type: Article

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