1. An Empirical Analysis of The New York Independent System Operator's Transmission Congestion Contract Market: Speculator and Hedger Transaction Characteristics, Competition, and Profit Open Access Author: Toole, Cameron John Title: An Empirical Analysis of The New York Independent System Operator's Transmission Congestion Contract Market: Speculator and Hedger Transaction Characteristics, Competition, and Profit Graduate Program: Energy and Mineral Engineering Keywords: Transmission congestion contractNew York Independent System Operatorspeculationhedginglocational based marginal pricing File: Download Masters_Thesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor