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Accounting for and finance of generation investment

Newbery, D. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2008

the main cause of under-pricing, although inflation in a period of excess capacity can amplify such under-pricing. It … recognised in the regulated pricing structure. …

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Transmission Policy in the United States

Joskow, P.L. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2004

This paper provides an overview of the development of electric power transmission access, pricing and investment …-liberalisation transmission access and pricing policies, the prevailing basic transmission access and pricing rules contained in Orders 888 and … Standard Market Design (SMD) proposal. PJM’s market rules and transmission pricing, planning and investment policies are …

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Dynamic Efficiency and Incentive Regulation: An Application to Electricity Distribution Networks

Poudineh, Rahmatallah; Emvalomatis, Grigorios; Jamasb, … - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2014

Efficiency and productivity analysis is a central concept in incentive-based regulation of network utilities. However, the efficiency measures obtained from benchmarking predominantly reflect short term performance and hence, provide only a snapshot of the firm's path towards its long run...

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Incentive Regulation and Utility Benchmarking for Electricity Network Security

Jamasb, Tooraj; Nepal, Rabindra - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2014

The incentive regulation of costs related to physical and cyber security in electricity networks is an important but relatively unexplored and ambiguous issue. These costs can be part of a cost efficiency benchmarking or alternatively dealt separately. This paper discusses the issues and...

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Distributed Generation: Opportunities for Distribution Network Operators, Wider Society and Generators

Anaya, Karim L.; Pollitt, Michael G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2015

This study explores and quantifies the benefits of connecting more distributed generation (with and without the use of smart connections) across different parties (Distribution Network Operators, wider society and generators). Different connection scenarios are proposed (with partial and full...

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Promoting or restricting competition?: Regulation of the UK retail residential energy market since 2008

Littlechild, Stephen - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2014

Since 2008 UK energy regulator Ofgem has imposed increasingly severe restrictions on suppliers to the domestic (residential) retail market. Initially, non-discrimination conditions aimed to “remove unfair price differentials”, particularly between suppliers’ prices between regions,...

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The Role of Distribution Network Operators in Promoting Cost-Effective Distributed Generation: Lessons from the United States for Europe

Anaya, Karim L.; Pollitt, Michael G. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2014

We explore the different competitive mechanisms applied by electric utilities from the USA in promoting cost-effective Distribution Generation (DG) resources and the challenges that they face due to the increase in DG connections. Case studies from California, Oregon, Colorado and New York are...

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The benefits of integrating European electricity markets

Newbery, David; Strbac, Goran; Viehoff, Ivan - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2015

The European Commission’s Target Electricity Model aims to integrate EU electricity markets. This paper estimates the potential benefit to the EU of coupling interconnectors to increase the efficiency of trading day-ahead, intra-day and sharing balancing services efficiently across borders....

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Merchant and Regulated Transmission: Theory, Evidence and Policy

Littlechild, S. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2011

Economists acknowledge the problems of regulated transmission but take different views about the likely efficiency of merchant transmission. This paper examines the evidence on alleged market failure and regulatory failure as experienced in practice in Australia and Argentina. In these examples,...

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Lessons from the History of Independent System Operators in the Energy Sector, with applications to the Water Sector

Pollitt, M. J. - Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge - 2011

issue of pricing access to the system and how system operation costs are paid for. Then, we look at the evolving role of …

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