Using DEA to Measure the Relative Efficiency of the Service Center and Improve Operation Efficiency through Reorganization

Author

Chien, C. F. ; Lo, F. Y. ; Lin, Jintong

Author_Institution

National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan; Taiwan Power Company, Taiwan

Volume

22

Issue

11

fYear

2002

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

56

Abstract

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has become a practicable approach to evaluate the relative efficiencies of decision-making units in various contexts. A DEA study was conducted to measure the relative efficiencies of 17 service centers of the NAN-TOU electricity distribution district of Taiwan Power Company (TPC). Altematives for reorganizing the service centers via efficiency measurement were investigated. The results showed that the proposed reorganization alternatives have better efficiency scores. Based on DEA evaluations, we provide specific directions for the inefficient service centers to improve their operation efficiencies and thus maintain the competitive advantage of TPC in facing power market liberalization.

Keywords

Capacitors; Data envelopment analysis; Decision making; Electric variables measurement; Passive filters; Power markets; Power measurement; Power system analysis computing; Quadratic programming; Reactive power; Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Taiwan Power Company (TPC); power systems; relative efficiency; reorganization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Engineering Review, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPER.2002.4311819

Filename

4311819