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Developing Robust Bidding Strategy for Virtual Bidders in Day-Ahead Electricity Markets
IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy
  • Hossein Mehdipourpicha
  • Siyuan Wang
  • Rui Bo, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

Purely financial players without any physical assets can participate in day-Ahead electricity markets as virtual bidders. They can arbitrage the price difference between day-Ahead (DA) and real-Time (RT) markets to maximize profits. Virtual bidders encounter various monetary risks and uncertainties in their decision-making due to the high volatility of the price difference. Therefore, this paper proposes a max-min two-level optimization model to derive the optimal bidding strategy of virtual bidders. In this model, the risks of uncertainties associated with the rivals' strategies and RT market prices are managed by robust optimization. The proposed max-min two-level model is turned into a single-level mixed integer linear programming model through duality theory (DT), strong duality theory (SDT), and Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) conditions. An illustrative case is designed to demonstrate the advantages of the proposed model over the deterministic model. Moreover, case studies on the IEEE 24-bus test system validate the applicability of the proposed model.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Comments

This material is based upon work supported by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under Grant D18AP00054.

Keywords and Phrases
  • Bidding Strategy,
  • Duality Theory,
  • Robust Optimization,
  • Uncertainty,
  • Virtual Bidding
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2021 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Publication Date
9-9-2021
Publication Date
09 Sep 2021
Citation Information
Hossein Mehdipourpicha, Siyuan Wang and Rui Bo. "Developing Robust Bidding Strategy for Virtual Bidders in Day-Ahead Electricity Markets" IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy Vol. 8 (2021) p. 329 - 340 ISSN: 2687-7910
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rui-bo/107/