
Peak Load and Capacity Pricing
Theory and Practice in Electricity
C. Harris(Author)
Palgrave MacMillan (Publisher)
Published on 9. April 2015
Book
Hardback
XVII, 253 pages
978-1-137-38481-2 (ISBN)
Description
Peak Load and Capacity Pricing lays out clear pricing strategies for understanding peak load and capacity pricing structures, further cementing electricity's role as an asset class with fixed and variable costs.
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Edition
2015 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XVII, 253 p.
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-38481-2 (9781137384812)
DOI
10.1057/9781137370921
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Person
Chris Harris is Honorary Fellow in Energy Policy at Exeter University, UK, following a period as Visiting Professor in Sustainable Power Distribution at Bath University, UK. He is Head of Regulation at RWE npower, with previous roles including heads of internal markets, asset optimization and asset management. He has PhDs in fracture mechanics and regulatory economics.
Content
1. Introduction 2. The Modeling Framework 3. The Framework and Development of Peak Load Pricing 4. Relaxing the Hard Capacity Constraint 5. Modeling Capacity Using Derivatives 6. Capacity Mechanisms 7. The Power Complex 8. Final comments