Administration (BPA), establishes one of the planning bases for supplying electricity to customers. The White Book contains … system conditions that include expectations of river flows and runoff, market opportunities, availability of reservoir … 2007, 2011, and 2016. BPA is investigating a new approach in capacity planning depicting the monthly Federal system 120 …

sales, participants, participation rates, and new renewable energy capacity supported. It presents data on various aspects …The term green pricing refers to programs offered by utilities in traditionally regulated electricity markets, which …) market data that can be used by utilities as a benchmark for gauging the relative success of their green pricing programs …

model-based scenario, in which wind energy provides 20% of the U.S. electricity demand in 2030. The report discusses a set … already have a high penetration of wind power (i.e., in the range of 7 to 20% of electricity consumption in countries such as … Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Denmark). The rapid growth in installed wind power capacity is expected to continue in the …

around hydro conditions, market prices and river operations for fish recovery. In order to provide a high probability of … modeling in ToolKit until the TPP standard is met. Increased wholesale market price volatility and six years of drought have … receiving those funds is greater. In addition to market price volatility, BPA also faces uncertainty around the financial …

are not able to commit to specific responses months or years in advance. Electricity is a fluid market commodity with a …. Generators have shown that they are very responsive to price signals in both the short and long term. But a market that is … responsive only on the supply side is only half a market. Demand response (elasticity) is necessary to gain the full economic …

is poised to play a major role in the coming years: utility integrated resource planning (IRP). Common in the late-1980s … to mid-1990s, but relegated to lesser importance as many states took steps to restructure their electricity markets in … United States, however, the most recent resource plans call for a significant amount of new wind power capacity. These …

This paper is intended to provide an understanding of the needs of a restructured electricity market and some of the … market methods and systems that have developed to address those needs. Chapter 2 discusses the historic market framework of … restructuring. It discusses generation and transmission planning, control and the regulatory process. It also summarizes reliability …

assess the levelized cost of electricity under four supply options: (1) public utility ownership of new geothermal capacity …The last two decades have seen a dramatic increase in the market share of independent, nonutility generators (NUGs …--i.e., whether a utility should sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with a NUG, or develop and own the generation capacity itself …

The last two decades have seen a dramatic increase in the market share of independent, non-utility generators (NUGs …--i.e., whether a utility should sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with a NUG, or develop and own the generation capacity itself … report looks at a publicly owned utility's decision to buy or build new renewable energy capacity--specifically wind or …

can all play a role in the success or failure of the market. These factors along with the mix of generation capacity … equally vulnerable. Factors such as local generation costs, transmission constraints, market concentration, and market design … resources and customer responses. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed the Oak Ridge Competitive Electricity …