Vertical integration, credit ratings and retail price settings in energy-only markets: Navigating the Resource Adequacy problem

B-Tier
Journal: Energy Policy
Year: 2010
Volume: 38
Issue: 11
Pages: 7427-7441

Score contribution per author:

2.011 = (α=2.01 / 1 authors) × 1.0x B-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

Energy-only markets are prone to the Resource Adequacy problem, i.e. the timely entry of new plant. The reason for this is that competitive energy-only markets struggle to be remunerative given reliability constraints and market price caps. Historically, Australia's 45,000 MW National Electricity Market has managed to navigate this well understood problem, albeit with government entities directly or indirectly responsible for a surprisingly large 73% of all new plant investments to 2007. But government involvement in direct investment has now ceased. So what will enable the industry to navigate the Resource Adequacy problem into the future? Quite simply, industrial organisation, the presence of merchant utilities with investment-grade credit ratings and setting any regulated retail prices or 'price to beat' with an LRMC floor.

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RePEc Handle
repec:eee:enepol:v:38:y:2010:i:11:p:7427-7441
Journal Field
Energy
Author Count
1
Added to Database
2026-01-29