Managing power supply interruptions: a bottom-up spatial (frontier) model with an application to a Spanish electricity network

Pablo Argüelles and Luis Orea

No 2020/01, Efficiency Series Papers from University of Oviedo, Department of Economics, Oviedo Efficiency Group (OEG)

Abstract: In December 2013 a new electricity law was approved in Spain as part of an electricity market reform including a new remuneration scheme for distribution companies. This remuneration scheme wasupdated in December 2019 and the new regulatory framework introduceda series of relevant modifications that aim to encourage the regulated firms to reduce their power supply interruptionsusing a benchmarking approach. While some managerial decisions can prevent electricity power supply interruptions,other managerial decisions are more oriented to mitigate the consequences of these interruptions. This paper examines the second type of decisions using a unique dataset on the power supply interruptionsof a Spanish distribution company network between 2013 and 2019. We focus our analysis in the effect of grid automatization on the restoration times, the relative efficiency of the maintenance staff, and the importance of its location. We combinea bottom-up spatial model and a stochastic frontier model to examine respectively external and internal power supply interruptionsat municipal level. This model resembles the conventional spatial autoregressive models but differ from them in several important aspects.

Pages: 26
Date: 2020
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Journal Article: Managing power supply interruptions: a bottom-up spatial (frontier) model with an application to a Spanish electricity network (2021)
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