Toward More Comprehensive Assessments of FERC Electricity Restructuring Policies: A Review of Recent Benefit-Cost Studies of RTOs

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Date Published

12/2006

Authors

Eto, Joseph H, Douglas R. Hale, Bernard Lesieutre

DOI

10.1016/j.tej.2006.11.004

Abstract

Definitive assessment of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission policies on regional transmission organizations is not currently possible because of uncertainties in the data and methods used in recent benefit-cost studies as well as lack of investigation of key impacts of the formation of RTOs.

Journal

The Electricity Journal

Volume

Year of Publication

2006

Issue