Aggressive development of renewable electricity sources will require significant expansions in transmission … infrastructure. We present a stochastic two-stage optimisation model that captures the multistage nature of transmission planning … transmission planner makes investment decisions in two time periods, each time followed by a market response. Uncertainty is …

politically; distorted transmission and distribution investment deferment mechanisms; and lacking mechanisms to develop a …

. Using a combined model for dispatch, transmission, and investment, three different investment options are considered …, including gas-fired power plants, pumped hydro storage, and transmission lines. We find that geographically optimized power …, storage and transmission requirements significantly increase. In an alternative scenario with larger investments into storage …

Argentina’s 1992 transmission expansion policy was subsequently modified by, for example, including provision for … transmission companies and proposing quality and substation expansions. There have been several such expansions, and no lack of … considerations, a Federal Transmission Plan was introduced to build lines designated by the federal and provincial governments. The …

From 1992 to 2002, major expansions of the Argentine electricity transmission sector depended on users proposing … could not be trusted to deliver more efficient transmission investment decisions. The delay to the Fourth Line was short …. It indicated a need to reappraise transmission investment policy because the availability of gas had made it more …

incentive r egulation mechanisms to the regulation of prices and service quality for “unbundled” transmission and distribution … distribution and transmission networks is reviewed. Issues for future research are identified. …

on incumbent transmission companies. It finds that none of the proposals for regulated interconnectors did or would have …

We ask what conditions transmission contracts increase or mitigate market power. We show that the allocation process of … transmission rights is crucial. In an efficient arbitraged uniform price auction, generators will only obtain contracts that … mitigate their market power. However, if generators inherit transmission contracts or buy them in a ‘pay-as-bid’ auction, then …

The question this paper addresses is: what is the evidence for the superiority of the ownership unbundled transmission … be that ownership unbundling of transmission is a key part of energy market reform in the most successful reform …

This paper discusses unregulated market-based electricity transmission investment by third parties as opposed to … regulated investment by designated transmission system operators. The analysis is set against a European and Australian …