Title :
Prospects of deregulated power market in Japan and challenges to realize stable operation
Abstract :
In Japan, retail competition has started for the large customers (about 30% of the total consumption) since March 2000 and the direction of the next deregulation scheme is under discussion among the concerned parties. In this presentation, the experiences so far acquired and the technical aspects for the next deregulation step are discussed, while focusing on peculiarities in the Japanese electricity supply system.
Keywords :
electricity supply industry; Japan; Japanese electricity supply system; deregulated power market; deregulation scheme; retail competition; stable operation; Contracts; Electrical capacitance tomography; Electricity supply industry; Large-scale systems; Physics; Power generation economics; Power markets; Power system modeling; Production systems; Supply and demand;
Conference_Titel :
Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exhibition 2002: Asia Pacific. IEEE/PES
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7525-4
DOI :
10.1109/TDC.2002.1177702
