Title
Rethinking Electricity Deregulation
Date of Original Version
10-2004
Type
Article
Published In
The Electricity Journal Volume 17, Issue 8, October 2004, Pages 11–26
Abstract or Table of Contents
Proponents of free markets for electricity assert that minor fixes to the California market and to FERC's proposed Standard Market Design would generate lower prices. We disagree. Designing a competitive market that remedies the problems seen in California and other restructured markets is difficult; emulating even good ISOs like PJM will not do the job. Each one of the problems can be overcome, but the costs of doing so might make full deregulation unattractive.