DocumentCode :
956500
Title :
Ready to deliver? [security of supply]
Author :
Buchanan, A.
Author_Institution :
Ofgem, UK
Volume :
20
Issue :
2
fYear :
2006
Firstpage :
22
Lastpage :
23
Abstract :
This paper discusses how Britain´s privatized energy market is working to ensure that there is enough gas and electricity to meet the demand. Since privatization, there has been around #30 billion invested in Britain´s gas and electricity networks. This investment in unregulated infrastructure particularly demonstrates the response the market makes to deliver security of supply. Significant investment has also been made to build new plant when it is needed with the Renewables Obligation also leading to considerable investment in new renewable generation. There are also moves to address the upgrade and repair of networks that are more than 40 years old.
Keywords :
investment; power markets; power supply quality; power system economics; power system reliability; pricing; Britain; British energy industry; Renewables Obligation; electricity demand; gas and electricity networks; gas demand; privatized energy market; supply security;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Power Engineer
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
1479-8344
Type :
jour
Filename :
1637910
Link To Document :
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