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On the role of international benchmarking of electricity Transmission System Operators facing significant investment requirements

Brunekreeft, Gert - Bremer Energie Institut - 2012

requirements, (international) benchmarking is not an adequate tool for the regulation of transmission system operators (TSO …). Errors in the outcomes of benchmarking will likely distort network investment and therefore the costs of doing it wrong are … high. The paper discusses options to reduce the weight of benchmarking in TSO regulation and options that do not rely on …

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The Timing of Repeated and Unrepeated Monopoly Investment under Wear and Tear and Demand

Borrmann, Jörg; Brunekreeft, Gert - Bremer Energie Institut - 2011

In an intertemporal model, we analyze the timing of irreversible and lumpy monopoly investment under certainty. There are two reasons for investing, i.e. wear and tear leading to replacement investment and demand growth leading to expansion investment. Both in a single investment setting and in...

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The Effect of Monopoly Regulation on the Timing of Investment

Borrmann, Jörg; Brunekreeft, Gert - Bremer Energie Institut - 2011

This paper contributes a theoretical analysis of the effects of different types of regulation on the timing of monopoly investment in a setting with lumpy investment outlays. Concentrating on the case where investment increases the regulatory asset base, we distinguish between price-based...

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