A DEA study to evaluate the relative efficiency and investigate the district reorganization of the Taiwan Power Company

In this study, data envelopment analysis (DEA) models were applied to evaluate the relative efficiencies of twenty-two electricity distribution districts of the Taiwan Power Company (TPC) in Taiwan, ROC. The empirical study showed that the TPC districts have good overall efficiency. We found that el...

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Published inIEEE transactions on power systems Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 170 - 178
Main Authors Feng-Yu Lo, Chen-Fu Chien, Lin, J.T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.02.2001
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Alternating current
Councils
Data analysis
Data envelopment analysis
Electric power generation
Electricity
Empirical analysis
Industrial engineering
Operations research
Power measurement
Power system modeling
Privatization
Research and development management
Resource management
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Summary:In this study, data envelopment analysis (DEA) models were applied to evaluate the relative efficiencies of twenty-two electricity distribution districts of the Taiwan Power Company (TPC) in Taiwan, ROC. The empirical study showed that the TPC districts have good overall efficiency. We found that eleven districts were inefficient. Most of the inefficient districts suffer from scale inefficiency to a greater degree than technical inefficiency. We suggested the specific improvement directions for the corresponding inefficient districts. This study also investigated district reorganization to increase the efficiency. The proposed district reorganization alternatives have higher efficiency scores than the current one.
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ISSN:0885-8950
1558-0679
DOI:10.1109/59.910794