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The Electric Transmission Network: A Multi-Region Analysis

Table 4.  Marginal and Average Cost, and Standard Deviation 
by NERC Region in Five Cases
(1995 Dollars per Megawatthour)

Region

FERC Base Case

Peak Demand

Shoulder Demand

Reference

Super Region

Reference

Super Region

Marginal Cost

 NEPOOL

37.4

29.2

29.2

24.0

24.0

 NYPP

23.8

25.3

30.4

17.3

18.8

 MAAC

43.6

44.1

35.5

16.1

15.7

 ECAR

31.5

31.5

33.9

15.1

15.3

 Super Region

NA

NA

31.8

NA

19.4

Average Cost

 NEPOOL

18.8

17.2

17.1

14.7

12.0

 NYPP

15.6

15.8

16.1

14.6

14.7

 MAAC

16.8

17.2

16.8

15.9

15.9

 ECAR

13.4

13.5

13.5

12.7

12.7

Standard Deviation

 NEPOOL

5.6

3.9

4.0

9.4

10.2

 NYPP

6.2

5.6

10.6

3.0

3.2

 MAAC

1.0

0.9

2.7

2.3

1.6

 ECAR

0.7

0.7

1.6

0.2

0.2

 Super Region

NA

NA

6.4

NA

7.4

NA = not applicable.
Source: Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, PowerWorld® model runs FERC BASE CASE.D022800, ADMINTRADEWMILL.D022800, FREETRADEWMILL.D041000, REFERENCE80.D042400, and FREETRADEWMILL80. D042400.

 

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