Power Systems, 3rd Edition

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Planning Environments

Gerald B. Sheblé

Quanta Technology, LLC

15.1    Introduction

15.2    Defining a Competitive Framework

Preparing for Competition • Present View of Overall Problem • Economic Evolution • Market Structure • Fully Evolved Marketplace • Computerized Auction Market Structure • Capacity Expansion Problem Definition

15.3    Regulated Environment

15.4    Other Sections on Planning

References

15.1  Introduction

Capacity expansion decisions are made daily by government agencies, private corporations, partnerships, and individuals. Most decisions are small relative to the profit and loss sheet of most companies. (Aggarwal, 1993; Bussey, 1981; Daellenbach, 1984). However, many decisions are sufficiently large to determine the future ...