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Implementation of Priority Insurance in Power Exchange Markets

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Traders in a power exchange can use insurance to hedge against losses from curtailment by the system operator. If the system operator is liable for these reimbursements then its incentives encourage efficient real-time dispatch. This paper reviews the details of implementing such a scheme when third-party insurers offer insurance in an auxiliary competitive market, or the power exchange operates as a mutual insurance association of the traders. Because higher reimbursements entail higher service priorities, the actuarial premium for pure insurance must be accompanied by a surcharge for service priority. The amount of this surcharge can be inferred from the price of pure insurance. The Appendix shows that omission of this surcharge distorts traders' incentives in the power exchange.

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  • Robert Wilson, 1997. "Implementation of Priority Insurance in Power Exchange Markets," The Energy Journal, , vol. 18(1), pages 111-123, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:enejou:v:18:y:1997:i:1:p:111-123
    DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol18-No1-5
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    1. Kumkar, Lars, 1998. "Regulierung vertikal strukturierter Industrien: Eine Analyse der Stromwirtschaftschaft auf Grundlage der neuen Institutionenökonomik," Kiel Working Papers 874, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    2. BOUCHER, Jacqueline & SMEERS, Yves, 1999. "Alternative models of restructured electricity systems. Part 1: no market power," LIDAM Discussion Papers CORE 1999050, Université catholique de Louvain, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE).
    3. Jacqueline Boucher & Yves Smeers, 2001. "Alternative Models of Restructured Electricity Systems, Part 1: No Market Power," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 49(6), pages 821-838, December.
    4. Hung-po Chao & Shmuel Oren & Robert Wilson, 2005. "Restructured Electricity Markets: A Risk Management Approach," Levine's Bibliography 784828000000000232, UCLA Department of Economics.

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    Keywords

    Electricity Markets; transmission; congestion; power exchange; priority insurance;
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    • F0 - International Economics - - General

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