This paper investigates the impact of the completion of the liberalized european Internal Electricity Market on Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) and Demand-Side Management (DSM). The resuts presented are part of the outcomes of a study analyzing the possibilities of IRP and DSM in this new industry environment. The study, fiished in May 2000, is based on empirical surveys of both the present and the emerging electricity market structures, as well as of IRP and DSM activities in the European Union Countries. The interim results were discussed with practitioners from the eight countries participating in the study.
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