Truck and Barter: Do I Have to Re-do my Problem Sets?

Do I Have to Re-do my Problem Sets?

By Ian

Britain's wholesale price of natural gas dipped into the negative.

Well, so much for assuming prices are positive in my optimization problems.

Stupid reality.

-- October 4, 2006 11:10 AM | Permalink

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Gavin Kennedy wrote:

Negative prices can arise from the oil and gas contracts used: 'take-or-pay' and 'send-or-pay' require the parties to send or take gas or pay the other party for failing to do so.

If storage is full, the receiver cannot 'take', and if pipe lines are 'down' the sender cannot 'send'.

Setting 'negative prices' is cheaper than paying full prices in compensation.

-- October 13, 2006 4:04 AM ∞

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