Priority pricing in electricity supply: An application for Israel

Michael Beenstock*, Ephraim Goldin

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

It is well known that in the event of a shortage in generation capacity, it is inefficient if the electricity utility cuts off customers randomly. It is preferable to set up a market in service priority in which customers who have a greater need pay more for the right not to be cut off. We use an econometric model of outage costs in Israel to calculate the menu of priority rates by season and time of day. Top priority rates range from zero, when the loss-of-load probability (LOLP) is zero, to 8 cents (US) per kWh when the LOLP is greatest.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)175-189
Number of pages15
JournalResource and Energy Economics
Volume19
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1997

Keywords

  • Non-linear pricing
  • Outages
  • Service priority

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