DocumentCode
3477389
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
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
5-8 April 2004
Firstpage
445
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DRPT.2004.1338004
Filename
1338004
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