“…It has been proven that the solutions found using a real options approach coincide exactly with those of dynamic optimization at least in the cases where myopic decisions are optimal (Gahungu & Smeers, 2011). There have been some applications of real options to power systems, in particular in GEP (Batista, Geber de Melo, Teixeira, & Baidya, 2011;Bunn & Larsen, 1994;Gahungu & Smeers, 2011). Some authors have also studied some specific aspects of transmission investments using this technique, such as the optionality embedded in single lines (Saphores, Gravel, & Bernard, 2004) or in selecting the size of interconnections (Fleten, Heggedal, & Siddiqui, 2011) or the potential of distributed generation or FACTS for deferring investment in transmission lines (Blanco, Olsina, Garces, & Rehtanz, 2011;Vasquez & Olsina, 2007).…”