Title :
Discussion of "Distribution pricing based on yardstick regulation"
Author :
Rudnick, Hugh ; Sanhueza, H. ; Watts, Duncan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pontificia Univ. Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
fDate :
5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors discuss the original paper "Distribution Pricing Based on Yardstick Regulation" (J. W. Marangon Lima et al., see ibid., vol.17, p.198-204, 2002) covering the following subject areas: incremental and marginal costs; distribution expansion planning; tariff design; information asymmetries; open-access distribution pricing; and wire and commercialization business.
Keywords :
costing; legislation; power distribution economics; power distribution planning; tariffs; commercialization; distribution expansion planning; distribution pricing; distribution regulation; incremental costs; information asymmetries; marginal costs; open-access distribution pricing; paper discussion; tariff design; yardstick regulation; Costs; Delay; Demand forecasting; Economic forecasting; Employment; Investments; Monopoly; Network topology; Power generation; Pricing;
Journal_Title :
Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPWRS.2002.807098