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JOURNAL OF REGULATORY ECONOMICS
Volume 31, Issue 1, Pages 1-35Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11149-006-9008-6
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electricity markets; supply function equilibrium; ERCOT; market power
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We present an empirical analysis of a supply function equilibrium model in the Texas spot electricity market. We derive conditions for optimal bidding behavior in a spot market with ex ante bilaterally contracted sales. By estimating costs, we are able to derive a set of ex post-and ex ante-optimal supply functions and use a non-parametric behavioral model to compare our theoretically optimal supply functions to actual offers made. Our results show that with the exception of the largest generators, firms make offers with markups and markdowns far in excess of what a model of profit-maximizing behavior suggests.
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