Subastando la energia electrica para clientes regulados: equilibrio con informacion completa y aversion al riesgo *.
Este artículo analiza el equilibrio no cooperativo de una subasta de energía eléctrica bajo información completa entre firmas aversas al riesgo. Se supone un despacho centralizado y generación hidráulica estocástica. Se encuentra que la subasta es adjudicada a la generadora que fija el precio del mercado spot: la firma...

Lead, follow or get out of the way.
The quote that heads this column has been a mantra for leaders since it was first coined more than 200 years ago by American founding father and revolutionary writer Thomas Paine. This simple and direct statement sums up the situation facing today's DRTV marketers. The business continues to change....

Beyond gridlock: the case for greater integration of regional electricity markets.
Electricity markets are an anomaly in a world where many energy markets are global or at least continental. Oil is traded at a single price in world markets; natural gas is traded at single prices in continental and increasingly global markets. Other commodities like wheat, nickel, copper and steel...

Kepco-Salcon eyes $350 M for Cebu coal-fed power plant.
Byline: MYRNA M. VELASCO The joint venture corporate vehicle for the 200-megawatt coal-fired power project to be constructed in Naga, Cebu is seriously considering a project finance option to raise the $350-million funding for the facility. This means that loan and equity returns would be...

OPEC's cuts mean no oil shortage.
On October 20, OPEC, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, announced that 10 of its members would "reduce production by an amount of 1.2 million barrels a day, from current production of about 27.5 million barrels a day, to 26.3 million barrels a day, effective 1st November 2006." The...

Suntech Inks Five-Year Silicon Deal with Sunlight Group.
ENERGY RESOURCE-18 December 2006-Suntech Inks Five-Year Silicon Deal with Sunlight Group(C)2006 JeraOne - http://www.jeraone.com Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of photovoltaic (PV) cells and modules, today announced an agreement with Sunlight Group Inc. to purchase silicon wafers over a five-year period. Sunlight...

Agribusiness and farmers in Mexico: the importance of contractual relations.
Introduction Recent changes in food consumption habits of people in developed countries have included a growing demand for a greater variety of value-added products, which, in turn, has given rise to greater sophistication in food processing and distribution systems (Perry and Banker 2000, 50). This has led...

Hugo Chavez.
You'd think George Bush would get down on his knees and kiss Hugo Chavez's behind. Not only has Chavez delivered cheap oil to the Bronx and other poor communities in the United States. And not only did he offer to bring aid to the victims of Katrina. In my...

Is it possible to move the copper market?
1. INTRODUCTION In recent years, the question whether and to what extent a large supplier (or a cohesive group of suppliers) could effectively move the world copper market has attracted increasing attention among industry and market observers in Chile (1). In this paper we address...

Do US wireless providers get the hot spot business model? (Thought Leaders).
Sky Dayton Founder & CEO, Boingo Founder & chairman, EarthLink People need the Internet wherever they go, creating significant demand for truly high-speed (not 2.5G) wireless Internet access. Wi-Fi economics are also pretty compelling. Wi-Fi is a global standard with component costs that have dropped...