Transmission open access; management, operation and pricing

Transmission open access is gaining attention in countries that desire to introduce competition into traditional cost-of-service regulated utilities. Transmission open access is not an end, rather, it is a critical means for achieving that objective. This paper has two primary objectives. The first is to discuss methods of evaluating and costing transmission services. The second is to outline management and operational issues under the new deregulated paradigm that the industry is actually facing today.