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The business of providing electricity transmission services is undergoing sweeping changes nationwide. Historically, transmission services were provided principally by vertically integrated companies in which regulated monopoly providers produced, transmitted, and delivered electricity to the final consumer. The transmission facilities of these vertically integrated providers were paid for almost exclusively by the native load customers served by the owner of the facilities.
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Baughman, M.L. (1998). Investing in Transmission Facilities- Why, by Whom, for Whom. In: Designing Competitive Electricity Markets. International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, vol 13. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5547-6_9
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