Consequently, we conclude that there is a sound economic rationale for introducing some form of
peak-load pricing into the system operator's optimizing criterion.
Berg, "
Peak-load pricing in duopoly," Economic Modelling, vol.
The study emphasises the need to re-examine the tariff structure, including the use of subsidies and variable
peak-load pricing, and assess whether it is flexible enough for the private sector to sell electricity to the national grid on a commercially viable basis.
Oren (2003) explains that capacity payments derive from the
peak-load pricing theory, so that energy is priced at marginal cost and capacity payments recover fixed costs.
This is MacAvoy's version of the
peak-load pricing problem that is frequently examined in the electricity literature.
Matching price to variations in market conditions--for example,
peak-load pricing.
We start with the algebraic example that ties this new rationale for price maintenance to the phenomenon known as
peak-load pricing and that is also the basis for some other points.
The economic literature on
peak-load pricing, management, fuel-switching, alternative fuel sources, and related issues is so extensive that we can only hope to list a few works, including those by Steiner (1957), Panzar and Sibley (1978), Crew and Kleindorfer (1978), Hamlen and Tschirhart (1980), Brown and Sibley (1986), and Phillips (1988).(10) We also recognize the growing literature on real time pricing and other pricing innovations being emphasized in the face of the current trend towards deregulation of wholesale bulk power and retail markets.(11) However, the price of electricity generated at federally owned hydropower facilities is limited to the recovery of actual costs and is not adjusted to reflect market conditions.
Also, the conversion from uniform pricing to
peak-load pricing may work in reducing the price of the service (Bergstrom and MacKie-Mason, 1991).
Downs is most attracted to "
peak-load pricing", which attempts to equate the private marginal cost of driving to the social marginal cost, by increasing the cost of driving during rush-hour.
He brought Gordes and another local conservation specialist over there to do energy audits of local businesses and to brief local utility officials on
peak-load pricing and similar strategies.
Next, Crew and Kleindorfer examine the issue of
peak-load pricing. The regulatory pricing scheme must account for a demand that is not uniform throughout a time period.
