Optimal Transmission Tariff Regulation for the Southern Baja-Californian Electricity Network System

Espinosa, Rubi and Rosellon, Juan (2017): Optimal Transmission Tariff Regulation for the Southern Baja-Californian Electricity Network System. Published in: Investigación Económica , Vol. LXXVI, No. 301 (July 2017): pp. 3-56.

Abstract

The tariff imposed over the use of electricity transmission networks is one critical factor to achieve efficiency in electricity markets. In Mexico, the current transmission network tariffs are based on long run marginal costs. We propose an incentive price-cap mechanism and apply it to the meshed network system in the isolated electricity system of Southern Baja California, Mexico. We further compare the current transmission tariffs set by the Mexican regulator (CRE) with the tariffs resulting from our regulatory scheme. We show that our mechanism prices the network at tariffs rendering superior welfare compared to the tariffs determined by Mexican authorities.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Financial transmission rights, nodal prices, congestion management, electricity, Mexico.
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L5 - Regulation and Industrial Policy > L51 - Economics of Regulation; L - Industrial Organization > L9 - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities > L94 - Electric Utilities; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q4 - Energy > Q40 - General; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q4 - Energy > Q48 - Government Policy; Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics ; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q5 - Environmental Economics; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R4 - Transportation Economics

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