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price to be stochastic, we next determine an investment threshold boundary and find that high electricity price volatility … may purchase electricity at a fixed retail rate from its utility. Using the real options approach, we find natural gas … generating cost thresholds that trigger DG investment. Furthermore, the consideration of operational flexibility by the microgrid …
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substantial volatility in wholesale market prices, significant financial distress among major industry organizations, and …Electricity markets in the United States have witnessed unprecedented instability over the last few years, with … electricity industry. Recent industry instability also illustrates the need for thoughtful resource planning to balance the cost …
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The ongoing deregulation of electricity industries worldwide is providing incentives for microgrids to use small … price volatility. In particular, with the availability of the HX, the microgrid faces a tradeoff between reducing its … exposure to the natural gas price and maximising its cost savings. By varying the volatility parameter, we find that the …
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heightened natural gas and oil prices, and (3) a Carbon Cap-and-Trade Scenario. The immediate goal is to use these scenarios to … considered by EERE and FE staff--carbon cap-and-trade and high fuel prices--are compared to other scenarios used by energy … the natural gas prices through 2025 proposed in the FE-EERE Scenarios Working Group's High Fuel Price Scenario appear to …
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petroleum, natural gas, and electricity, projected trends in the real prices for these fuels were examined. The spread in the … the next few decades, while electricity prices are projected to be more stable. Electricity prices will, however, remain … current and in projected future prices for these fuels, which often serve identical end uses, underscores the influence of …
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price reductions are, in turn, expected to reduce electricity prices and--more importantly--directly reduce consumer natural …-price natural gas-fired electricity generation, and replacing that generation with fixed-price renewable electricity supply. In … can also put downward pressure on natural gas prices by reducing demand for gas among gas-fired generators. These gas …
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future. The future in the Carbon Cap Scenario has higher electricity prices, reduced driving, more renewable capacity, and … and natural gas prices) within the price range evaluated. Perhaps even higher price paths would lead to a distinctly …
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Heightened natural gas prices have emerged as a key energy-policy challenge for at least the early part of the 21st … century. With the recent run-up in gas prices and the expected continuation of volatile and high prices in the near future, a … one potential benefit: displacement of gas-fired electricity generation, which reduces natural gas demand and thus puts …
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the prices of natural gas and electricity actually paid at the sites during the periods addressed by the annual reports … projects have been conservative. For electricity, it was possible to compare contract prices with the actual (estimated …) marginal prices of electricity in 20 projects. In 14 of these projects, the overall contract electricity price was found to be …
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The Supplement to the Annual Energy Outlook 1993 is a companion document to the Energy Information Administration`s (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 1993 (AEO). Supplement tables provide the regional projections underlying the national data and projections in the AEO. The domestic coal, electric...
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