market and to improve the economic efficiency and environmental profile of the electric sector. To those ends, NEDRI is … focusing its efforts in four interrelated areas: (1) ISO-level reliability programs, (2) Market-based price-responsive load … electric restructuring efforts in many states is that most of the attention has been focused on the supply side, in a market …

the form of decreased grid congestion, improved system reliability, market efficiency, price stabilization, hedging …/provinces with demand response (DR) in the electricity sector. Demand-side resources are often overlooked as a viable option for … against volatile fuel prices and reduced environmental impacts of energy production. This report describes the various types …

-long trend of declining reserve margins. Competition among generators is typically robust, holding down wholesale energy prices … are not able to commit to specific responses months or years in advance. Electricity is a fluid market commodity with a … they can be made more effective in controlling summer peaks and attendant high prices of electricity. Particular attention …

would see lower rates) unless they have sufficient market power to raise their prices without losing significant market … market-based rates then prices are lower. (4) Customer response to real-time prices can lower the peak capacity requirements …Because of the recent experiences of several states undergoing restructuring (e.g., higher prices, greater volatility …

The restructuring of regional electricity markets in the U.S. has been accompanied by numerous problems, including … generation capacity shortages, transmission congestion, wholesale price volatility, and reduced system reliability. These … market participants and range of technologies and business approaches and focus on key program elements such as target …

(RTP), critical peak pricing, and even pricing usage at real-time market balancing prices. Some Independent System … benefits, including limiting the ability of suppliers to increase spot and long-term market-clearing prices above competitive … prices, many initiatives to modernize retail electricity rates seem to be stymied. …

collect or properly price electricity usage handicaps the success of almost all efficiency and demand response options …Reliance on the standard cumulative kilowatt-hour meter substantially compromises energy efficiency and demand response … information necessary to (1)educate the customer to the economic value of efficiency and demand response options, or (2 …

loads, resources, natural gas prices, forward market electricity prices, transmission expenses, and aluminum smelter benefit … payments are simulated in RiskSim. Monthly spot market electricity prices for the simulated loads, resources, and natural gas … electricity prices from AURORA, loads and resources data from the Load Resource Study, WP-07-E-BPA-01, various revenues from the …

loads, resources, natural gas prices, forward market electricity prices, transmission expenses, and aluminum smelter benefit … payments are simulated in RiskSim. Monthly spot market electricity prices for the simulated loads, resources, and natural gas … electricity prices from AURORA, loads and resources data from the Load Resource Study, WP-07-FS-BPA-01, various revenues from the …

New technologies, low natural gas prices, and federal and state utility regulations are restructuring the electricity … that is at risk with respect to competition, (2) the market price of electric generation, and (3) the number of years … and form of utility deintegration, wholesale competition, and retail wheeling. A key obstacle to restructuring the …