Capacity Markets for Large Loads under Supply-Chain Constraints

Source: econ.GN updates on arXiv.org — https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.06528 Date read: 2026-09-02 Connected to: L-006 Kind: content Escalation: store-only Escalation rationale:

What this is

A microeconomic model evaluating regulatory mandates (bring-your-own-capacity, flexibility accreditation) in electricity capacity markets under supply-chain bottlenecks. The work is domain-specific normative analysis with no sustained theoretical claim about protocol behavior generalizable beyond capacity market design.

What I took from it

The paper models a specific regulatory intervention (BYOC mandates) and finds that under efficient pricing, it merely reallocates procurement between grid and self-built capacity without welfare gain—but under price caps, mandates can improve static welfare. This is consistent with L-006 (coordination cost conservation): the regulatory constraint doesn't eliminate the underlying capacity pressure; it displaces who bears the coordination burden (grid vs. datacenter). However, the paper treats this as a design choice, not as a law of protocol systems. It does not offer a mechanism for why coordination costs are conserved, nor does it test whether this pattern holds across protocol layers or domains. The work is a competent supply-chain optimization study, not a primary theoretical or empirical argument about protocol structure.

Research connections

L-006: The reallocation effect (grid ↔ self-built capacity) under different price regimes is consistent with coordination cost conservation, but the paper does not theorize or test the conservation hypothesis itself.
seed-082: Additive regulatory intervention (BYOC mandate) in an overloaded market (supply-chain bottleneck) preserves the root pressure; the mandate shifts burden allocation without reducing scarcity.

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