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You're talking about T&D redundancy when I'm talking about an open market of competition. You don't have to have T&D redundancy to have open market of competit
by DINKDINK 8y ago
You're talking about T&D redundancy when I'm talking about an open market of competition. You don't have to have T&D redundancy to have open market of competition. If you live in an area with an abundance of sun and wind, you can buy your local T&D and provide competitive pricing to your market. You cannot do this when there's a state-granted monopoly.
- ucaetano 8y agoNo, I'm not talking about T&D redundancy, I'm talking about competition and game theory. Once you have a distribution network or a transmission line in place, nobody will build a second one. It doesn't make any economic sense. Even if it was a complete laissez-faire (a bad idea, IMHO), there would be no competition on transmission lines and distribution networks. But I do agree with more competition, particularly on generation. And you can make it better by decoupling transmission from distribution, and forcing the separate operation of each, plus a state-managed electricity pool, resulting in customers buying either from the pool or directly from generators.