New technologies, low natural gas prices, and federal and state utility regulations are restructuring the electricity … electricity industry is stranded commitments. Past investments, power-purchase contracts, and public-policy-driven programs that …

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 …

be stochastic, we next determine an investment threshold boundary and find that high electricity price volatility … purchase electricity at a fixed retail rate from its utility. Using the real options approach, we find a natural gas generation … cost threshold that triggers DG investment. Furthermore, the consideration of operational flexibility by the microgrid …

(and retail) electricity and natural gas prices, and isolated blackouts. In response to the rapidly worsening electricity … of energy efficiency building codes. There were, in fact, significant reductions in electricity demand in California …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

loads, resources, natural gas prices, forward market electricity prices, transmission expenses, and aluminum smelter benefit … payments are simulated in RiskSim. Monthly spot market electricity prices for the simulated loads, resources, and natural gas … electricity prices from AURORA, loads and resources data from the Load Resource Study, WP-07-E-BPA-01, various revenues from the …