Lee, Fred N.,Tsala, Barthelemy A.2013-08-162013-08-162005http://hdl.handle.net/11244/912With the introduction of competition in the electric power industry, generation asset planning must change. In this changed environment, energy companies must be able to capture the extrinsic value of their asset operations and long-term managerial flexibility for sound planning decisions. This dissertation presents a new formulation for the generation asset planning problem under market uncertainty, in which short-term operational and long-term coupling constraints associated with investment decisions are simultaneously reflected in the planning process.xi, 103 leaves :Operations Research.Engineering, Electronics and Electrical.Electric utilities.Electric power systems Management.Thesis