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Distribution services as we know them will undergo significant change in response to electric power industry restructuring. This change will arise from a variety of competitive pressures: from merchant firms who want to offer customer services as a means of gaining proprietary rights to customer information; from engineering contractors who can profitably offer customers new options for connecting to the power system and controlling power quality; and from distributed resources, which can allow customers to avoid use of distribution wires. In response to these pressures, new distribution services will be offered, and both new and old services will be re-priced. Most importantly, competition will force firms to tailor and differentiate their services according to the needs of various customer segments.
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Kirsch, L.D., Camfield, R.J. (2000). Developing and Pricing Distribution Services. In: Faruqui, A., Eakin, K. (eds) Pricing in Competitive Electricity Markets. Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy Series, vol 36. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4529-3_20
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