Review of usage-based transmission cost allocation methods under open access

Author

Pan, Jiuping ; Teklu, Yonael ; Rahman, Saifur ; Jun, Koda

Author_Institution

Alexandria Res. Inst., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA

Volume

15

Issue

4

fYear

2000

fDate

11/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1218

Lastpage

1224

Abstract

This paper presents an overview of usage-based methods of transmission cost allocation under open access. Allocation of transmission costs involves both technical and regulatory issues, and as a result, the methods available in the literature differ in their definition and measure of the “extent of use” of transmission resources. The primary objective of this paper is to provide a summary of techniques used for designing fair and equitable access fees for the recovery of fixed transmission costs. The discussion is thus organized under two major subtopics: algorithms for transmission usage evaluation and alternative pricing strategies. Numerical examples are provided to show the results using different methods

Keywords

costing; power transmission economics; alternative pricing strategies; equitable access fees; fixed transmission costs recovery; open access; regulatory issues; technical issues; transmission resources; transmission usage evaluation; usage-based transmission cost allocation methods; Contracts; Costs; Maintenance; Monopoly; Power engineering and energy; Power industry; Pricing; Research and development; Resource management; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.898093

Filename

898093