Electricity prices in a competitive environment: Marginal cost pricing of generation services and financial status of electric utilities. A preliminary analysis through 2015
Description
The emergence of competitive markets for electricity generation services is changing the way that electricity is and will be priced in the United States. This report presents the results of an analysis that focuses on two questions: (1) How are prices for competitive generation services likely to differ from regulated prices if competitive prices are based on marginal costs rather than regulated open-quotes cost-of-serviceclose quotes pricing? (2) What impacts will the competitive pricing of generation services (based on marginal costs) have on electricity consumption patterns, production costs, and the financial integrity patterns, production costs, and the financial integrity of electricity suppliers? This study is not intended to be a cost-benefit analysis of wholesale or retail competition, nor does this report include an analysis of the macroeconomic impacts of competitive electricity prices
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 127 p.
- Report number
- DOE/EIA--0614
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 29013333
- Subject category
- S29: ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Numerical Data
- Descriptors DEI
- COMPETITION; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTRICITY; PRICES; STATISTICAL DATA
- Descriptors DEC
- DATA; ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION; NUMERICAL DATA; PUBLIC UTILITIES
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- Funding organization
- USDOE Energy Information Administration, Washington, DC (United States).