• DocumentCode
    3030654
  • Title

    Product differentiation in the electric power industry

  • Author

    Chao, Hung-Po

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Power Res. Inst., Palo Alto, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    14-17 Nov 1989
  • Firstpage
    1179
  • Abstract
    As a result of rapidly changing technologies, economics, and general business environment, product differentiation has become a key element of long-term business strategy in the electric power industry. An examination is made of the implications of this development for a utility´s strategic planning and results of existing research that supports new decision needs are reviewed. Priority service, a special form of product differentiation based on unbundling service reliability, is highlighted
  • Keywords
    management; power system planning; business strategy; electric power industry; priority service; product differentiation; service reliability; utility´s strategic planning; Chaos; Communication system control; Costs; Customer satisfaction; Electricity supply industry; Environmental economics; Flexible AC transmission systems; Load flow; Power generation economics; Profitability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1989. Conference Proceedings., IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cambridge, MA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSMC.1989.71486
  • Filename
    71486