Analyzing Capacity Withholding in Oligopoly Electricity Markets Considering Forward Contracts and Demand Elasticity

In this paper capacity withholding in an oligopolistic electricity market that all Generation Companies (GenCos) bid in a Cournot model is analyzed and the capacity withheld index, the capacity distortion index and the price distortion index are obtained and formulated. Then a new index, Distortion-...

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Main Authors: S. Salarkheili, A. Akbari Foroud, R. Keypour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iran University of Science and Technology 2011-12-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Online Access:http://ijeee.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-515-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1