Load management programs are used by electric utilities to reduce the amount of reserve capacity that is required in order to meet peak consumption. Although these programs are generally offered to costumers as alternatives to regular service, economic models of their allocative efficiency have...

La prevision de la demande d'electricite par Hydro-Quebec constitue le sujet de nombreuses discussions lors de l'approbation par le gouvernement des plans de developpement, des tarifs d'electricite, des nouveaux equipements de production et des contrats d'exportation. Qu'en est-il au juste de la...

In November 1995 the Government of the Province of Ontario (Canada) created an independent commission, the Macdonald Commission, to analyse Ontario's electricity industry and provide proposals for a transition to a competitive market. We present an overview and analysis of the proposals.