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Economic efficiency of pool coordinated electricity markets
Computer Science and Engineering
  • Salem Al-Agtash, Santa Clara University
  • Renjeng Su
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2004
Publisher
Elsevier B.V.
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Abstract

This paper presents economic efficiency evaluation of pool coordinated electricity markets. The evaluation accounts for the overall cost of power generation, network losses and costs, and various operational constraints. We assume a non-collusive oligopolistic competition. An iterative supply function model is used to characterize the competitive behavior of suppliers. A social welfare function is defined for PoolCo market that operates over multiple hours time span. This leads to a mixed-integer non-linear programming problem. An Augmented Lagrangian approach is used to solve iteratively for global optimal operation schedules (i.e. power generation, load, and price for each bus node) while considering constraints of different sorts. An IEEE 24-bus, eight-supplier, 17-customer test system is used for illustration. The results show deflection of electricity prices from the marginal costs of power generation. The results of 2-year (730 round) market simulations show a range of deadweight efficiency loss between 0.5

Citation Information
Al-Agtash, S., & Su, R. (2004). Economic efficiency of pool coordinated electricity markets. International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, 26(4), 281–289. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijepes.2003.09.001