tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446210048006827157.post5566539156671651205..comments2023-09-21T08:36:00.461-07:00Comments on Cold Air Currents: Regarding The Real Cost of Electricity and Who gets the BIG Money! Scott Lufthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09219859339423144673noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446210048006827157.post-58563634589417201582012-10-15T08:16:10.427-07:002012-10-15T08:16:10.427-07:00Thank you AJ,
I did continue on with the data sear...Thank you AJ,<br />I did continue on with the data search for a short while, and received some e-mails on it. The yearbook's "Cost of Power and Related Costs" certainly appears to include distribution (my recollection is $1.3 billion last year - but that would need to be verified.).<br />That still left a gap, and I suspect your explanation covers a lot of that gap in the "embedded delivery charge"<br />If I had the motivation I might filter out Hydro One's transmission revenues and see if the remaining discrepancy is growing along with embedded generation.Scott Lufthttp://coldair.luftonline.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-446210048006827157.post-48890467269377142472012-09-24T18:40:42.791-07:002012-09-24T18:40:42.791-07:00Scott - While I don't have a concrete explanat...Scott - While I don't have a concrete explanation for the discrepancy between the OEB cost of power figure and the IESO's, one possible explanation could relate to the definition of "cost of power and related costs" and its treatment by embedded LDCs. <br /><br /><br />Conceptually, not all LDC supply points are connected to the IESO's wholesale market, some (we'll call it LDC A) are embedded within the system of another LDC (LDC B). If LDC A reflects a purchased power amount of 10 TWh, I believe LDC B would also reflect this amount, even though their regular customers aren't the end users. Similarly, while LDC B would show the cost of this power at or near the market price, LDC A would likely show it as market price + some form of embedded delivery charge (the "other related costs"). My guess is that from your perspective there is a certain degree of double counting going on in the form of pass through power costs.AJnoreply@blogger.com