Power Systems Restructuring

Engineering and Economics
1. Auflage. Softcover version of original hardcover Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-1-4419-5038-3
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1750 g

Reihe: Power Electronics and Power Systems

The writing of this book was largely motivated by the ongoing unprecedented world-wide restructuring of the power industry. This move away from the traditional monopolies and toward greater competition, in the form of increased numbers of independent power producers and an unbundling of the main services that were until now provided by the utilities, has been building up for over a decade. This change was driven by the large disparities in electricity tariffs across regions, by technological developments that make it possible for small producers to compete with large ones, and by a widely held belief that competition will be beneficial in a broad sense. All of this together with the political will to push through the necessary legislative reforms has created a climate conducive to restructuring in the electric power industry. Consequently, since the beginning of this decade dramatic changes have taken place in an ever-increasing list of nations, from the pioneering moves in the United Kingdom, Chile and Scandinavia, to today's highly fluid power industry throughout North and South America, as well as in the European Community. The drive to restructure and take advantage of the potential economic benefits has, in our view, forced the industry to take actions and make choices at a hurried pace, without the usual deliberation and thorough analysis of possible implications. We must admit that to speak of "the industry" at this juncture is perhaps disingenuous, even misleading.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ilic, Marija

Fink, Lester

Galiana, Francisco

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Elektroindustrie
• Technische Wissenschaften Energietechnik | Elektrotechnik Energietechnik & Elektrotechnik
• Technische Wissenschaften Elektronik | Nachrichtentechnik Elektronik Mikroprozessoren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Setting the Stage.- 2. Power Systems Operation: Old vs. New.- 3. Framework and Methods for the Analysis of Bilateral Transactions.- 4. The Political Economy of the Pool.- 5. Practical Requirements for ISO Systems.- 6. Agent Based Economics.- 7. One-Part Markets for Electric Power: Ensuring the Benefits of Competition.- 8. System Planning Under Competition.- 9. Transmission Networks and Market Power.- 10. Competitive Electric Services and Efficiency.- 11. New Control Paradigms for Deregulation.- 12. The Control and Operation of Distributed Generation in a Competitive Electric Market.- 13. Application of Dynamic Generation Control for Predatory Competitive Advantage in Electric Power Markets.- Contributors.