AVOIDED COST CONTRACTS CAN UNDERMINE LEAST-COST PLANNING

被引：3

作者：

BERNOW, S ^{[1
]}

BIEWALD, B ^{[1
]}

MARRON, D ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] TELLUS INST RESOURCE & ENVIRONM STRATEGIES,ENERGY SYST RES GRP,RESOURCE PLANNING PROJECTS,BOSTON,MA 02110

来源：

ENERGY POLICY | 1990年 / 18卷 / 07期

关键词：

Least-cost planning; Power contracts; Private power;

D O I：

10.1016/0301-4215(90)90079-J

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Utilities and regulatory agencies are increasingly turning to non-utility sources of electric power. In the USA, many contracts with independent power producers (IPPs) contain indexing terms under which an IPP's energy rates vary in response to energy cost changes on the purchasing utility system. Such indexing is often used to ensure that IPP rates track utility avoided costs. Unfortunately, such indexing can undermine least-cost planning if utility decisions can alter established IPP rates. Such indexing can also cause ratepayer interests to conflict with those of society. The use of regional cost indices can solve the utility planning problem. Preventing the conflict between ratepayers and society, however, may require some use of cost-based, rather than value-based, ratemaking for IPPs. © 1990.

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