Electricity economics
Subtitle: regulation and deregulation
By: [edited by] Geoffrey Rothwell, Tomás Gómez.
Contributors: Rothwell, Geoffrey S.; Gómez, Tomás.
Series: IEEE Press power systems engineering series
Publisher: John Wiley
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Electric utilities -- Management.; Electric utilities -- Costs.; Electric utilities -- Government policy.
Description: "This text was written as a manual for the Russian Federal Energy Commission to train regional electricity rate regulators in the principles of economics and finance involved in regulating electricity markets and deregulating electricity generation. Requiring no familiarity with economics and using a minimum of mathematics, this book provides professionals in the power sector with the tools to face the new realities of electric utility operation."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Electricity regulation and deregulation; title: Electricity economics; title: The cost of capital; title: Electricity regulation; title: Competitive electricity markets; title: The Californian power sector; title: The Norwegian and Nordic power sectors; title: The Spanish power sector; title: The Argentine power sector.