Overview

This text provides a methodological and practical transmission tariff guide for those who are involved in the electricity business as managers, engineers, lawyers, economists, regulators or policy-makers, but who are not specialists in electricity transport, nor in tariff-setting for public utilities. It offers a synthesis of economic research on the subject. The volume is divided into three major parts, each presenting a general aspect of transmission pricing: its legal and accounting background, its basic theory, and its implementation, successively. How much does it cost to transmit electricity from a nuclear plant close to Lyon in France, to a car manufacturer located in Stuttgart in Germany? What price should a system operator in Canada charge a pulp and paper mill that uses the high-voltage grid for only a few weeks per year? Where in California is it more profitable to reinforce or build a new transmission line? What is the best place to locate a power gas station in England, in order to pay the lowest transmission cost? Such questions are novel and crucial for American and European liberalized electricity markets.

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Author:   Francois Leveque ,  J. Syrota
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   2003 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.190kg
ISBN:  

9781402074554

ISBN 10:   1402074557
Pages:   233
Publication Date:   31 May 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contributing Authors. Preface; J. Syrota. General Introduction; F. Leveque. I: Economic tafiff-setting, law and accounting. 1. Legal constraints and economic principles; F. Leveque. 2. Cost calculation; N. Curien. 3. Cost allocation methods; N. Curien. II: Basic theory. 4. Cost recovery and short-run efficiency; C. Crampes. 5. Cost recovery and efficient development of the grid; R. Green. 6. Tariffs and imperfect competition; A. Perrot. III: Implementation issues. 7. Guidelines on tariff setting; I.J. Perez-Arriaga, Y. Smeers. 8. Features of transmission tariffs in Europe; J.-M. Glachant. Acknowledgements. Index.

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Francois Leveque is professor of Law and Economics at the Ecole des mines de Paris. His academic, teaching and consulting interests are in the areas of environmental policy, antitrust and regulation. His research focuses on the assessment of policy instruments (e.g., access charges for railways, transmission tariffs, eco-taxes, co-venants) and policy reforms (e.g., gas and electricity French and European laws, EU deregulation in railways and airlines industries).

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