Competition in the Electric Industry

Emerging Issues, Opportunities, and Risks for Facility Operators

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309056816
eISBN Pdf: 9780309590044
Place of publication: United States
Year of digital publication: 1996
Month: November
Pages: 98
Language: English

Competition in the Electric Industry: Emerging Issues, Opportunities, and Risks for Facility Operators
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PREFACE
- COMPETITION IN THE ELECTRIC INDUSTRY: EMERGING ISSUES, OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS FOR FACILIITY OPERATORS
Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS
THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION'S OPEN ACCESS RULE
- TRANSMISSION ACCESS
- COMPARABILITY: THE GOLDEN RULE
- ELIGIBILITY
- ENFORCING COMPARABILITY
- PRO FORMA TARIFF
- STRANDED COSTS
- SCHEDULE
ELECTRIC POWER COMPETITION: PERSPECTIVE OF A REGULATOR
- FACTORS CREATING COMPETITION AND CUSTOMER CHOICE
- ROLE OF ELECTRICITY IN THE ECONOMY
- ELECTRICITY PRICES AS A SOURCE OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
- TRANSITION ISSUES
- FOUR MODELS OF INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING
- HOW CUSTOMERS WILL CHOOSE ELECTRIC GENERATION SERVICES
- CONCLUSION
A ROADMAP TO ELECTRIC RESTRUCTURING IN CALIFORNIA: DECISIONS 95-12-063And 96-03-022
- PROCESS
- GOALS FOR RESTRUCTURING CALIFORNIA'S ELECTRIC INDUSTRY
- PROPOSED MARKET STRUCTURE
- THE INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR
- THE POWER EXCHANGE
- TRANSITION COSTS
- MARKET CHOICE FROM THE CUSTOMER'S STANDPOINT
- THE ROLE OF THE UTILITY IN A RESTRUCTURED INDUSTRY
- PUBLIC PURPOSE PROGRAMS AND RATE-SETTING
- SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION
THE RESTRUCTURING OF CALIFORNIA'S ELECTRIC INDUSTRY: A UTILITY'S PERSPECTIVE
- BENEFITS OF AND CONCERNS ABOUT RETAIL ACCESS
- JURISDICTIONAL CONCERNS
- BASIC ISSUES IN RETAIL ACCESS
- CONCLUSION
COMPETITION IN THE ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY: A VIEW FROM NEW YORK
- THE "PRICE PROBLEM" IN NEW YORK
- NIAGARA MOHAWK'S 1994 MULTIYEAR PRICE CAP PROPOSAL
- THE POWER CHOICE PROPOSAL
- THE NECESSITY OF RECOVERING STRANDABLE COSTS
- UNBUNDLED SERVICES AND THE TRANSITION FEE
- OTHER PROPOSALS UNDER CONSIDERATION
- CONCLUSION
BUYING AND SELLING ELECTRICITY: PERSPECTIVE OF A POWER MARKETER
- INFORMATION AND COMMODITY MARKETS
- THE QUESTION OF RELIABILITY
- TIMING IS EVERYTHING
- THE OGLETHORPE EXAMPLE
- CONCLUSION
PERSPECTIVE OF AN ELECTRICAL POWER CUSTOMER
- MARGINAL COSTS AND THE PRICE OF POWER
- LOW-COST POWER: A PREDICTION
- A BOOM IN ELECTRICITY-INTENSIVE INDUSTRY
- CUSTOMERS' STRATEGIES FOR LOWERING POWER COSTS
OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKS IN ELECTRIC COMPETITION: A VIEW FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
- REPORT TO CONGRESS
- FOCUSING ON THE BASICS
- CONCLUSION
SAVING BILLIONS FROM ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE FEDERAL SECTOR: INSTITUTIONALIZING ENERGY EFFICIENCY I ...
- OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY
- CONCLUSION
ACQUISITION OF UTILITIES SERVICES: SOME LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS
- HOW TO ACHIEVE A COMPETITIVE SYSTEM
- EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES
- CONCLUSION
ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE ELECTRIC COMPETITION DEBATE
- COMPETITION DOES NOT COME QUICKLY
- DISCRIMINATION
- STRUCTURAL APPROACHES TO DISCRIMINATION
- PREVENTING DISCRIMINATION DOES NOT ELIMINATE MARKET POWER
- MERGERS
- STRANDED COSTS
- CONCLUSION
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
GLOSSARY