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Uniform Pricing or Pay-as-Bid Pricing: A Dilemma for California and Beyond

✍ Scribed by Alfred E. Kahn; Peter C. Cramton; Robert H. Porter; Richard D. Tabors


Book ID
104373753
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
2001
Tongue
English
Weight
710 KB
Volume
14
Category
Article
ISSN
1040-6190

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✦ Synopsis


Any belief that a shift from uniform to as-bid pricing would provide power purchasers substantial relief from soaring prices is simply mistaken. The immediate consequence of its introduction would be a radical change in bidding behavior that would introduce new inefficiencies, weaken competition in new generation, and impede expansion in capacity.


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