DocumentCode
1558566
Title
IEEE Power Engineernng Society
Author
Merrill, Hyde M. ; Natour, Jamal A. ; Sedlacek, Carissa P.
Volume
22
Issue
1
fYear
2002
Abstract
A new competitive wholesale electricity market opened in New England (USA) on 1 May 1999. There were early indications that power plant availability might have declined as a result. Did power plant availability change in New England? If so, why? How does a competitive market affect generating unit availability? This article, which provides at least partial answers to these and related questions, is based on a year-long study sponsored by ISO New England and performed by Merrill Energy LLC. This study included the creation and analysis of the most detailed and complete database known to exist on generating unit availability in New England spanning the creation of the competitive market.
Keywords
electricity supply industry; power generation reliability; ISO; New England; USA; competitive electricity market; generating unit availability; power plant availability; Availability; Councils; Databases; Electricity supply industry; Fuels; ISO; Information systems; Maintenance; Nuclear power generation; Power generation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Power Engineering Review, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0272-1724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/39.975640
Filename
975640
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