Electricity system operations are often affected by energy policies, but spatial differences in policy impacts are difficult to model. We develop a method for estimating zonal supply curves in transmission-constrained electricity markets that can be implemented quickly by policy analysts with...

On December 19, 2019, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued an order dramatically expanding the Minimum Offer Price Rule in PJM’s capacity market. The order changes how electricity-generating resources that receive state subsidies are treated in federally regulated wholesale...

Initially created as afterthoughts to competitive electricity markets, capacity markets were intended to enhance system reliability. They have evolved into massive, highly controversial, and poorly understood billion-dollar institutions. Electricity Capacity Markets examines the rationales for...