Economic withholding in the Alberta electricity market

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dc.contributor.advisorChurch, Jeffrey
dc.contributor.authorWipond, Kevin Michael
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T21:39:31Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T21:39:31Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 166-169en
dc.description.abstractThe economic use of offer restatements in the restructured Alberta electricity market can be seen as an exercise of market power. By using this mechanism to alter their energy offer, a supplier can withhold supply from the market leading to a significant price effect. This thesis examines this behaviour in the first half of 2006. Evidence is provided that the locking restatement in particular is used to economically withhold capacity from the market. It is shown that in some instances the impact on pool price from this withholding of capacity is more than $300/MWh and the associated transfer of wealth from load to supply, more than 3 million dollars in a single hour. It is also shown that this exercise of market power is carried out repeatedly during the six month period examined and a large fraction of the instances can be attributed to a single participant.
dc.format.extentxii, 173 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationWipond, K. M. (2008). Economic withholding in the Alberta electricity market (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/2036en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/2036
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/103037
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleEconomic withholding in the Alberta electricity market
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 1835 520708998
ucalgary.thesis.notesUARCen
ucalgary.thesis.uarcreleaseyen
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