Welfare Implications of Capacity Payments in a Price-capped Electricity Sector: A Case Study of the Texas Market (ERCOT)
Scholar Raúl Bajo Buenestado examines the consumer welfare consequences of introducing capacity payments in the electricity sector, finding that capacity payments reduce price volatility and increase the reliability of the system but also cause consumers’ electricity bills to rise.
Raúl Bajo Buenestado April 8, 2017