Capacity Market Implications for Electricity Consumers
October 29, 2015 | Raúl Bajo Buenestado

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Raúl Bajo Buenestado
Nonresident ScholarThough consumers generally pay higher electricity prices in areas with capacity markets, those markets also serve as an insurance mechanism to incentivize capacity additions and reduce the probability of extreme events. Graduate fellow Raúl Bajo Buenestado analyzes the implications of capacity markets for consumers in liberalized energy sectors. http://bit.ly/1XK018f.