Toward More Comprehensive Assessments of FERC Electricity Restructuring Policies: A Review of Recent Benefit-Cost Studies of RTOs

Definitive assessment of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission policies on regional transmission organizations is not currently possible because of uncertainties in the data and methods used in recent benefit-cost studies as well as lack of investigation of key impacts of the formation of RTOs.

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Published inThe Electricity journal Vol. 19; no. 10; pp. 50 - 62
Main Authors Eto, Joseph H., Hale, Douglas R., Lesieutre, Bernard C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Elsevier Inc 2006
Elsevier
SeriesThe Electricity Journal
Subjects
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
ORGANIZATIONAL MODELS
POWER TRANSMISSION
US FERC
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Summary:Definitive assessment of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission policies on regional transmission organizations is not currently possible because of uncertainties in the data and methods used in recent benefit-cost studies as well as lack of investigation of key impacts of the formation of RTOs.
ISSN:1040-6190
1873-6874
DOI:10.1016/j.tej.2006.11.004