evaluation of how Illinois might fare under a restructured electricity market. The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC … surrounding region would be able to support a competitive electricity market, would allow for effective competition to keep prices … identify conditions that could reasonably be expected to occur that would enable a company to exercise market power in one or …

specific challenges in creating a competitive market for reactive power as well as new tools needed to help ensure such a … transmission network in planning for reactive power and avoiding the exercise of market power by suppliers. …In 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) began discussing regulatory policy for reactive-power …

effects of market decisions and disruptions in the electric power system on other critical infrastructures in the US economy … each market as a function of the market rules. Results indicate that when two power markets are faced with identical … power market trends that are consistent with expected economic behavior. …

market (Kirby and Kueck 1999). Yet, in today's markets for electricity, little or no such response is evident. In effect …Recent electricity price spikes are painful reminders of the value that meaningful demand-side responses could bring to … the restructuring US electricity system. Review of the aggregate offers made by suppliers confirms that even a modest …

Voluntary consumer decisions to buy electricity supplied from renewable energy sources represent a powerful market … an option to purchase some type of green power product directly from a retail electricity provider, while all consumers … including utility green pricing programs offered in regulated electricity markets; green power marketing activity in competitive …

already have a high penetration of wind power (i.e., in the range of 7 to 20% of electricity consumption in countries such as … United States as well as in Europe. A large-scale introduction of wind power causes a number of challenges for electricity … market and power system operators who will have to deal with the variability and uncertainty in wind power generation when …

"Break-even cost" for photovoltaic (PV) technology is defined as the point where the cost of PV-generated electricity … equals the cost of electricity purchased from the grid. Break-even cost is expressed in $/W of an installed system. Achieving …, such as the United States, with a diverse set of resources, electricity prices, and other variables. In this presentation …

The last two decades have seen a dramatic increase in the market share of independent, nonutility generators (NUGs …--i.e., whether a utility should sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with a NUG, or develop and own the generation capacity itself … geothermal power--in California. To examine the economic aspects of this decision, we used a 20-year financial cash-flow model to …

In March 2005, the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) will begin operating the first-ever wholesale market for … electricity in the central and upper Midwestern portion of the United States. Region-wide, centralized, security-constrained, bid …. 18, 2004). Although our analysis offers important insights into how the MISO market could operate when it opens, we do …

basis for supplying electricity to customers. It serves a dual purpose. First, the White Book presents projections of … Book serves as a benchmark for annual BPA determinations made pursuant to its regional power sales contracts. Specifically … decrease the amount of power purchased from BPA. The White Book will not be used in calculations for the 2002 regional power …