Nodal pricing of electricity: how much does it cost to get it wrong?

被引:80
作者
Green, Richard [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Birmingham, Inst Energy Res & Policy, Birmingham B15 2TT, W Midlands, England
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
electricity transmission pricing; welfare losses; market power;
D O I
10.1007/s11149-006-9019-3
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Economists know how to calculate optimal prices for electricity transmission. These are rarely applied in practice. This paper develops a 13-node model of the transmission system in England and Wales, incorporating losses and transmission constraints. It is solved with optimal prices, and with uniform prices for demand and for generation, re-dispatching when needed to take account of transmission constraints. Moving from uniform prices to optimal nodal prices could raise welfare by 1.3% of the generators' revenues, and would be less vulnerable to market power. It would also send better investment signals, but create politically sensitive regional gains and losses.
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页码:125 / 149
页数:25
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