An Analysis of Market Power in the Alberta Electricity Market

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dc.contributor.advisorChurch, Jeffrey Robert
dc.contributor.authorKendall-Smith, Richard Paul
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-07T22:35:49Z
dc.date.available2014-03-15T07:00:14Z
dc.date.issued2013-10-07
dc.date.submitted2013en
dc.description.abstractThe thesis analyzes the ability of suppliers to influence the price of electricity in Alberta. To do this, the thesis develops two structural measures of market power using data on hourly offer curves and market clearing quantities from the Alberta wholesale electricity market over the period September 1st 2009 to June 30th 2012. These market power measures quantify the ability that the larger generating companies in Alberta had to influence the market price in each hour, and are used by the thesis to characterize the nature of competition within the Alberta wholesale electricity market. The structural measures of market power are also used in a regression analysis to show how the larger generating companies in the market changed their offer behaviour as their ability to exercise market power varied.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKendall-Smith, R. P. (2013). An Analysis of Market Power in the Alberta Electricity Market (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/24831en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/24831
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/1133
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectEconomics
dc.subject.classificationElectricityen_US
dc.subject.classificationMarketen_US
dc.subject.classificationpoweren_US
dc.subject.classificationAlbertaen_US
dc.titleAn Analysis of Market Power 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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