Improvement and expansion of the transmission grid is still an unresolved issue in the new competitive environment. In current electricity markets, transmission lines have become assets that need financial instruments for investors who wish to ensure steady long-term returns and to withstand...

How does financial performance risk affect investments in low-carbon electricity-generating technologies to achieve climate policy targets? A detailed risk simulation of price formation in the Great Britain wholesale power market is used to show that the increasing replacement of fossil...

This dissertation describes a strategy which makes all commuters better off (i.e. a Pareto efficient strategy) for the time-dependent morning commute problem, even if the collected revenues are not returned to the population of commuters. The proposed strategy will apply road pricing as a tool...

California has long recognized the potential for applying electronic and other transportation systems technologies to address the significant mobility and economic challenges in the state,and the rest of the nation.Through an aggressive Advanced Transportation Systems Program,Intelligent...

Providing the right incentives for investment continues to be a major source of concern in the New Zealand electricity sector. This seminar outlines a decentralised incentive mechanism designed to encourage transmission investment within a competitive market environment based on a system that...

We present an incentive scheme to stimulate investment in the improvement/ expansion of the transmission network in the competitive market environment. The formulation of these incentives is based on a decentralized transmission asset investment model and is derived from the value added to the...