The Future of Electric Competition: Concentrated Power
An analysis of competitive power markets finds that oligopolies are the end game for liberalized power markets.
The British wholesale power market is about to enter a new phase. Having enjoyed a long period of surplus capacity, the combination of the forced retirement of some nuclear plant and continued demand growth is likely to lead to a capacity shortage within the next three to four years, and it is by no means clear whether the market, as it currently operates, will be able to maintain secure supplies.
