International benchmarking of electricity distribution utilities

Arbeitspapier

Benchmarking by means of applying the DEA model is appearing as an interesting alternative for regulators under the new regimes for electricity distributors. A sample of large electricity distribution utilities from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands for the year 1997 is studied by assuming a common production frontier for all countries. The peers supporting the benchmark frontier are from all countries. New indexes describing cross country connections between peers and their inefficient units are developed, as well as productivity measurements between units from different countries.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Memorandum ; No. 2001,35

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Index Numbers and Aggregation; Leading indicators ; Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis ; Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity ; Electric Utilities
• Subject: Electricity utility ; benchmarking ; efficiency ; DEA ; Malmquist productivity index ; Benchmarking ; Elektrizitätswirtschaft ; Data-Envelopment-Analyse ; Niederlande ; Dänemark ; Norwegen ; Schweden ; Finnland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Førsund, Finn R. ; Edvardsen, Dag Fjeld
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Oslo, Department of Economics
• (where): Oslo
• (when): 2001

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62951
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET