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This report looks at how investors have responded to the need to internalise investment risk in power generation and how these responses have affected the organisation of the power sector and technology choices. This study looks at several cases of volatile prices in IEA countries’ electricity markets, and finds that while market prices can be a sufficient incentive for new investment in peak capacity, government intervention into the market to limit prices may undermine such investment.

Electric utilities. --- Electric Utilities --- Electric power production --- Investments --- Marketing --- Risk --- Hedging (Finance) --- Business & Economics --- Industries --- Consumer goods --- Domestic marketing --- Retail marketing --- Retail trade --- Investing --- Investment management --- Portfolio --- Electric power generation --- Electricity generation --- Power production, Electric --- Electric companies --- Electric light and power industry --- Electric power industry --- Options (Finance) --- Speculation --- Financial futures --- Economics --- Uncertainty --- Probabilities --- Profit --- Risk-return relationships --- Industrial management --- Aftermarkets --- Selling --- Finance --- Disinvestment --- Loans --- Saving and investment --- Electric power systems --- Electrification --- Electric industries --- Energy industries --- Public utilities --- Electric power production. --- Investments. --- Marketing. --- Risk. --- Electricité --- Investissements --- Risque --- Production