Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50020 
Year of Publication: 
2010
Series/Report no.: 
ESRI Working Paper No. 357
Publisher: 
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
Abstract: 
This paper estimates the value of short term lost load in the all island electricity market which includes the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The value of lost load, also known as the value of security of electricity supply, is inferred using a production function approach. Detailed electricity use data for the Republic of Ireland allows us to estimate the value of lost load by time of day, time of week and type of user. We find that the value of lost load is highest in the residential sector in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Our results can be used to advise policy decisions in the case of supply outages and to encourage optimum supply security. In the context of this study short term is taken to be a matter of hours rather than days or weeks.
Subjects: 
value of lost load
Ireland
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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