Peak-load pricing: European lessons for US energy policy

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6297969

Mitchell, B M

In Part I the role of electricity pricing in national energy policy is examined, and the economic principles that should form the foundation for electricity rate structures are postulated. The salient features of traditional methods of pricing electricity in the United States, as well as proposals for reform, are described. Part II is devoted to a detailed examination of current practice of cost analysis and rate design in England and Wales, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, and West Germany. Succeeding chapters contain a quantitative investigation of how effective peak-load pricing is in shifting the electrical usage of industrial and residential customers, and an assessment is given of the changes in system load and capacity needed.

• OSTI ID: 6297969
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
296000* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Electric Power
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY POLICY
EUROPE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
FINLAND
FRANCE
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN
NORTH AMERICA
NORWAY
PEAK-LOAD PRICING
POWER
PRICES
RATE STRUCTURE
SCANDINAVIA
SWEDEN
UNITED KINGDOM
USA
WESTERN EUROPE