RESEARCH LIBRARY
Research Papers

RTO Cost Benefit Analyses

2005 | 2004 | 2002

2005

Potomac Economics, Ltd. Estimated Market Effects of the New York Renewable Portfolio Standard. June 2005. Report, 50 pages.

2004

Snohomish County Public Utility District. Study of Costs, Benefits and Alternatives to Grid West. 15 October 2004. Final report (prepared by Henwood Energy Services, Inc.), 88 pages.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Staff Report on Cost Ranges for the Development and Operation of a Day One Regional Transmission Organization [Docket No. PL04-16-000]. 6 October 2004. 124 pages.

The items below, which are three of the most requested, are representative of the cost benefit analyses available concerning the creation of RTOs and other issues. Also see State Utility Commissions and RTO/ISO.

2002

FERC (ICF Consulting). Economic Assessment of RTO Policy. 26 February 2002. Paper, 91 pages. There have been extensive comments and response to this assessment.Go to FERC and search for Docket RM01-12.

RTO West (Tabors, Caramanis and Associates). RTO West Benefit/Cost Study. 11 March 2002. Paper, 149 pages.

PJM. The PJM Cost/Benefit Analysis for the New England RTO. Preliminary Draft - for Discussion Purposes only. <br>4 January 2002. Presentation, 13 pages.

Categories

Climate Change

Competitive Market Models and Transitions to Competition

EPAct and Predictions for the Future

FERC Rulings and Reports

Lessons from Abroad

Lessons from Other US Industries

Merchant Transmission

Mergers, Market Power and Anti-Trust

National Energy Policy

Nuclear Power

Public Power

Regional Transmission Organizations

Regulation, Governance and Judicial Review

Reliability

Renewable Energy

Resource Adequacy

Scarcity Pricing

Siting

Smart Grid

Standard Market Design and Demand-Side Activities

State and Regional Activities

Stranded Benefits (Including Public Policy, Environment, DSM, IRP)

Stranded Investments, Assets, Costs (Including the Nuclear Question)

Transmission Planning

Transmission Investment

Wholesale and Retail Competition

Miscellaneous (Including Electricity Futures, Economic Principles)