Long-Term Versus Short-Term Costs of Electricity Supply Interruptions: A Cautionary Note

Peter Lewin and Steve G. Parsons

The Energy Journal, 1986, vol. 7, issue 2, 181-186

Abstract: Increasing attention has been given in recent years to the valuation of reliability in the supply of electricity. It is peculiar in the use of the terms that the value of reliability is equivalent to the cost of unreliability. In attempting to identify and measure this cost, researchers have drawn a distinction between different types of cost, particularly short- and long-term costs. In this paper, we examine this distinction to clarify what may be a source of confusion.

Keywords: Electricity supply interruptions; Reliability; Outage costs; Electric utilities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1986
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DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol7-No2-13

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