Abstract
AbstractThe use of competitive bidding by electric utilities to solicit new generating capacity from nonutility power producers is increasingly viewed as a promising alternative to traditional cost‐based regulation. If economic efficiency is the criterion in setting up a bidding procedure and existing characteristics of competitive and diversified bidders remain, a second‐price sealed bidding procedure with a fixed‐price power purchase contract containing energy cost‐sharing provisions appears to work best.
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