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Business buzzwords: Last increment bidding

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The data clearly illustrate that some of the participants in the PJM market are bidding their capacity at well above production costs; the bids include prices approaching 1,000 $/MW, and they also show the so-called 'hockey stick' bidding of the last increment of capacity at a very high price.

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