Title
Deregulation/Restructuring Part II: Where Do We Go From Here?
Date of Original Version
11-2007
Type
Article
Published In
The Electricity Journal Volume 20, Issue 9, November 2007, Pages 10–23
Abstract or Table of Contents
The authors reject calls for reregulation. An alternative is to solicit offers for long-term contracts that specify fixed and generating prices for each plant. The contracts would specify the number of times a generator could be asked to shut down, as well as the availability and reliability of the unit. Units whose offers are accepted would be paid their fixed offer if they complied with the terms of the contract and their generation offer for each MWh they were asked to supply.