Overview

The first systematic presentation of electricity market design-from the basics to the cutting edge. Unique in its breadth and depth. Using examples and focusing on fundamentals, it clarifies long misunderstood issues-such as why today's markets are inherently unstable. The book reveals for the first time how uncoordinated regulatory and engineering policies cause boom-bust investment swings and provides guidance and tools for fixing broken markets. It also takes a provocative look at the operation of pools and power exchanges. * Part 1 introduces key economic, engineering and market design concepts. * Part 2 links short-run reliability policies with long-run investment problems. * Part 3 examines classic designs for day-ahead and real-time markets. * Part 4 covers market power, and * Part 5 covers locational pricing, transmission right and pricing losses. The non-technical introductions to all chapters allow easy access to the most difficult topics. Steering an independent course between ideological extremes, it provides background material for engineers, economists, regulators and lawyers alike. With nearly 250 figures, tables, side bars, and concisely-stated results and fallacies, the 44 chapters cover such essential topics as auctions, fixed-cost recovery from marginal cost, pricing fallacies, real and reactive power flows, Cournot competition, installed capacity markets, HHIs, the Lerner index and price caps. About the Author Steven Stoft has a Ph.D. in economics (U.C. Berkeley) as well as a background in physics, math, engineering, and astronomy. He spent a year inside FERC and now consults for PJM, California and private generators. Learn more at www.stoft.com.

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Author:   Steven Stoft (University of California Energy Institute, Berkeley, CA)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   Wiley-IEEE Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.862kg
ISBN:  

9780471150404

ISBN 10:   0471150401
Pages:   496
Publication Date:   24 June 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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"""This book is for anyone seeking to understand how cost/price relationships involved in electrical energy production and distribution may ideally be determined."" (Electrical Apparatus, August 2002) ""...the quality of its content deserves a wide readership...""(Power System Economics The Journal of Energy Literature, Vol.V111, No.2, 2002)"

This book is for anyone seeking to understand how cost/price relationships involved in electrical energy production and distribution may ideally be determined. ( Electrical Apparatus, August 2002) ...the quality of its content deserves a wide readership... (Power System Economics The Journal of Energy Literature, Vol.V111, No.2, 2002)

This book is for anyone seeking to understand how cost/price relationships involved in electrical energy production and distribution may ideally be determined. (Electrical Apparatus, August 2002) ...the quality of its content deserves a wide readership... (Power System Economics The Journal of Energy Literature, Vol.V111, No.2, 2002)

Author Information

STEVEN STOFT has a BS in engineering mathematics and a PhD in economics from the University of California at Berkeley, and over ten years of experience in power market analysis and design. He has held positions at FERC, the University of California's Energy Institute, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He is currently a consultant to the Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland ISO (PJM), California's Electricity Oversight Board, the U.S. Department of Energy, and an independent power producer.

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