Title: Selection of power market structure using the analytic hierarchy process

Authors: Subhes Bhattacharyya, Prasanta Kumar Dey

Addresses: School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, PO Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand. Department of Management Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, PO Box 64, Bridgetown, Barbados, West Indies

Abstract: Selection of a power market structure from the available alternatives is an important activity within an overall power sector reform programme. The evaluation criteria for selection are both subjective as well as objective in nature and the selection of alternatives is characterised by their conflicting nature. This study demonstrates a methodology for power market structure selection using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP), a multiple attribute decision-making technique, to model the selection methodology with the active participation of relevant stakeholders in a workshop environment. The methodology is applied to a hypothetical case of a State Electricity Board reform in India.

Keywords: power market structure; evaluation criteria; analytic hierarchy process; power sector reform programme.

DOI: 10.1504/IJGEI.2003.003596

International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 2003 Vol.20 No.1, pp.36 - 57

Published online: 22 Sep 2003 *

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