International Benchmarking of Electricity Distribution Utilities

Finn Førsund and Dag F. Edvardsen
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Dag F. Edvardsen: The Norwegian Building Research Institute, Postal: SINTEF, Forskningsveien 1 , Pb. 124 Blindern,, NO-0314 Oslo

No 35/2001, Memorandum from Oslo University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Benchmarking by means of applying the DEA model is appearing as an interesting alternative for regulators under the new regimes for electricity distributors. A sample of large electricity distribution utilities from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands for the year 1997 is studied by assuming a common production frontier for all countries. The peers supporting the benchmark frontier are from all countries. New indexes describing cross country connections between peers and their inefficient units are developed, as well as productivity measurements between units from different countries.

Keywords: Electricity utility; benchmarking; efficiency; DEA; Malmquist productivity index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C43 C61 D24 L94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 48 pages
Date: 2001-12-12
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Published as Førsund, Finn R and Dag F. Edvardsen, 'International Benchmarking of Electricity Distribution Utilities' in Resource and Energy Economics , 2003, pages 353-371.

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