{"475131":{"#nid":"475131","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Oliver Publishes Research on Network Expansion Costs in Natural Gas Transmission","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe current issue of \u003Cem\u003EEnergy Economics\u003C\/em\u003E features an original research article by Dr. Matthew E. Oliver of the Georgia Tech School of Economics. The article, entitled \u0022Economies of Scale and Scope in Expansion of the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network,\u0022 describes an empirical analysis of cost, capacity, mileage, and technical data for 254 United States\u0027 natural gas pipeline projects over the period 1997-2012.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Oliver estimates cost elasticities with respect to pipeline capacity and length, finding that large pipeline projects are likely to exhibit significant cost diseconomies. His conclusion is that due to cost structure of network expansion projects,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022...pipeline tariffs based on cost-of-service pricing likely present a disincentive for prospective pipeline customers to commit to long-term contracts - which are necessary for the pipeline to acquire regulatory permission to build - particularly for large, long-distance expansion projects. The implication is that cost-of-service pricing may inhibit network expansion, exacerbating congestion issues.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information or to read this article, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0140988315002960\u0022\u003Eclick here\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Matthew Oliver has published an article about expansion costs in natural gas transmission in Energy Economics."}],"uid":"27365","created_gmt":"2015-12-02 12:48:44","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:12","author":"Jade Hill","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-12-02T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"236451":{"id":"236451","type":"image","title":"Matthew Oliver","body":null,"created":"1449243659","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:40:59","changed":"1475894911","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:48:31","alt":"Matthew Oliver","file":{"fid":"197678","name":"oliver_photo.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/oliver_photo_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/oliver_photo_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":130094,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/oliver_photo_0.jpg?itok=CZFt_-qt"}}},"media_ids":["236451"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"171509","name":"Energy Economics"},{"id":"109551","name":"Matthew Oliver"},{"id":"14263","name":"natural gas"},{"id":"116571","name":"pipelines"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"167037","name":"school of economics"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJade Hill, Communications Coordinator\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jade.hill@econ.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejade.hill@econ.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jade.hill@econ.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}