The convergence of market designs for adequate generating capacity with special attention to the CAISO's resource adequacy problem

This paper compares market designs intended to solve the resource adequacy (RA) problem, and finds that, in spite of rivalrous claims, the most advanced designs have nearly converged. The original dichotomy between approaches based on long-term energy contracts and those based on short-term capacity...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cramton, Peter C., Stoft, Steven
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. California. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. Electricity Oversight Board.
Format: Working Paper
Published: MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45053