Demand response (DR) has been broadly recognized to be an integral component of well-functioning electricity markets … utility commissions (PUC) and utilities have considered implementing dynamic pricing tariffs, such as real-time pricing (RTP …), and other retail pricing mechanisms that communicate an incentive for electricity consumers to reduce their usage during …

used to judge how effectively RTP actually induces DR, particularly in the context of restructured electricity markets … to New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) day-ahead market prices. The study was funded by the California Energy … customers' satisfaction, hedging choices and price response through in-depth customer market research and a Constant Elasticity …

There is growing interest in policies, programs and tariffs that encourage customer loads to provide demand response … (DR) to help discipline wholesale electricity markets. Proposals at the retail level range from eliminating fixed rate … tariffs as the default service for some or all customer groups to reinstituting utility-sponsored load management programs …

Demand response is increasingly recognized as an essentialingredient to well functioning electricity markets. This … sources to supportdemand response market assessments that can, in turn, answer the secondand third of these questions. We …

stability is threatened. This, then, facilitates many other problems associated with electricity markets, such as market power …Regardless of the form of restructuring, deregulated electricity industries share one common feature: the absence of … any significant, rapid demand-side response to the wholesale (or, spotmarket) price. For a variety of reasons, electricity …

many other problemsassociated with electricity markets, such as exercise of market power andprice volatility. Indeed … anysignificant, rapid demand-side response to the wholesale (or, spotmarket) price. For a variety of reasons, most electricity … retailers themselves are oftenforced to purchase electricity at volatile wholesale prices set in openmarkets. This results in …

Large-scale EE programs would modestly increase tariffs but reduce consumers' electricity bills significantly. However … politically acceptable even if tariffs increase. To increase political support, utilities could pursue programs that would result … electric water heaters with gas water heaters); (b) sell power conserved through the EE program to the market at a price higher …

electricity in support of the basic services of generating capacity, energy supply, and power delivery. The Federal Energy … commerce. To date, the electricity industry (including traditional vertically integrated utilities, distribution utilities …-allocation factors for these services; and to develop market and operating rules for their provision and pricing. Developing metrics …

The solar power market is growing at a quickening pace, fueled by an array of national and local initiatives and …. At the same time, the design of retail electricity rates, particularly for commercial and industrial customers, can vary … therefore essential to supporting the continued growth of this market. …

This paper is intended to provide an understanding of the needs of a restructured electricity market and some of the … market methods and systems that have developed to address those needs. Chapter 2 discusses the historic market framework of … construction of new transmission using tariffs. The California and PJM transmission planning processes are outlined. The Federal …