What effect does firm structure have on the product service quality on offer? We answer this question by empirically assessing the impacts of complete vertical separation, such as ownership unbundling, on the quality of service delivered by a liberalized network industry…
Unbundling of the Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) has resulted in establishment of different arrangements of electricity transmission system operation. While there is a significant move away from the traditional vertically integrated utility arrangement, it remains to be seen which one arrangement will evolve as a global winner. (© EPRG)
The main objective of this EC’s study is to quantify the overall limits of energy system – and thus supply – stability under the likely conditions of significantly increased future shares of generation from intermittent sources.
A World Bank’s report
THis EA’s report sheds light on managing power systems with large shares of variable renewables. It presents a new, step-by-step approach developed by the IEA to assess the flexibility of power systems, which identifies the already present resources that could help meet the twin challenges of variability and uncertainty.
New Economics Papers Energy Economics (REPEC)
