Title :
Investments in the benchmarking of the distribution network companies
Author :
Lassila, J. ; Viljainen, S. ; Honkapuro, S. ; Partanen, J.
Author_Institution :
Lappeenranta Univ. of Technol., Finland
Abstract :
This paper introduces a method by which investments can be taken into account in the efficiency benchmarking of the electricity distribution companies in Finland. It is studied whether distributed energy, network length, number of customers, present technical value and replacement value of the distribution network are suitable output factors when investments are included in the DEA-model. At the same time the suitability of DEA-method for efficiency benchmarking has been studied.
Keywords :
data envelopment analysis; investment; power distribution economics; Finland; benchmarking efficiency; data envelopment analysis; distribution network company; investments; Companies; Costs; Data envelopment analysis; Electricity supply industry; Intelligent networks; Investments; Linear programming; Paper technology; Power quality; Regulators;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Utility Deregulation, Restructuring and Power Technologies, 2004. (DRPT 2004). Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8237-4
DOI :
10.1109/DRPT.2004.1338004
