TY - BOOK AU - Harris, Chris TI - Electricity markets: pricing, structures and economics SN - 9780470011584 AV - HD 9685 .H37 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - England PB - John Wiley & Son, Inc. KW - ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The basics -- Structure, operation and management of the electricity supply chain -- Policy-Issues, priorities, stakeholders, influencers -- Liberalisation, deregulation and regulation -- Market structures for electricity -- Power capacity -- Location -- Environment, amenity, corporate responsibility -- Price and derivatives modelling -- Economic principles in relation to the ESI -- Financial modelling of power plant -- Security of supply N2 - Over the last three decades, the global expectations for abundant, cheap and reliable energy have driven the growth in demand, and this is challenging the ability to cheaply exploit the accessible energy sources, and to minimise environmental pressure. At the same time, in concert with similar changes in other industries, deregulation and privatisation ER -