%0 Magazine Article
%K Power system economics
%K CERTS Transmission Planning
%K Congestion
%A Bernard Lesieutre
%A Joseph H Eto
%B The Electricity Journal
%D 2004
%N 4
%R 10.1016/j.tej.2004.03.006
%T When a Rose Is Not a Rose: A Review of Recent Estimates of Congestion Costs
%V 17
%2 LBNL-52739
%8 05/2004
%9 Journal
%X <p>Careful examination of congestion costs leads to some conclusions that are counterintuitive. For example, consumer costs may rise, not fall, as a result of reducing congestion, and minimizing consumer costs may not increase aggregate social wealth.</p>