Supply Function Equilibria with Pivotal Electricity Suppliers

Supply Function Equilibria with Pivotal Electricity Suppliers
Author: Talat Genc
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
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The concept of a supply function equilibrium (SFE) has been widely used to study generators' bidding behavior and market power issues in wholesale electricity markets. Observers of electricity markets have noted the important role that pivotal suppliers, those who can substantially raise the market price by unilaterally withholding generation output, sometimes play. However the literature on SFE has not considered the potential impact of pivotal suppliers on equilibrium predictions. We formulate a model in which generation capacity constraints can cause some suppliers to be pivotal. In symmetric and asymmetric versions of the model we show that the presence of pivotal suppliers reduces the set of supply function equilibria. We show that the size of the equilibrium set depends on observable market characteristics such as the amount of industry excess capacity and the load ratio (ratio of minimum demand to maximum demand). As the amount of excess capacity falls and/or the load ratio rises, the set of supply function equilibria becomes smaller; the equilibria that are eliminated are the lowest-priced, most competitive equilibria.

Economics of Electricity

Economics of Electricity
Author: Anna Cretì
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2019-05-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107185653

Explains the economics of electricity at each step of the supply chain: production, transportation and distribution, and retail.

Supply Function Equilibrium in Electricity Markets

Supply Function Equilibrium in Electricity Markets
Author: Keith Ruddell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2017
Genre: Electric utilities
ISBN:

Supply function equilibrium (SFE) models strategic offering in oligopolistic wholesale electricity auctions. In the supply function game, the strategies are curves giving the output levels offered at different prices. Generators submit their offer curves to the system operator, knowing the demand level only in distribution. A Nash equilibrium in these curves is found when each generator's offer is optimal, given the other offers, the demand distribution, and possible constraints and side payments. The theory for pool-market SFE with uniform pricing is well developed. This thesis explores several variations on SFE models. SFE models that include side payments arising from contracting arrangements or vertical integration between generators and retailers are developed. We find that forward sales through contracts for differences, options, and fixed price variable volume contracts all lead to lower wholesale prices, though each type of contract has a distinct effect on the shape of the price distribution. We consider non-uniform pricing rules, with an application to transmission pricing. The analysis is also extended to generators who act as price takers. The equilibrium conditions for SFE take the form of differential equations. Under appropriate assumptions on cost and demand functions, we obtain a planar autonomous system of ordinary differential equations for the SFE over a single lossless constrained transmission line. Computational methods are developed to handle monotonicity constraints on the supply functions, and then applied to topical electricity market policy questions on the competitive effects of: the rise of wind generation, futures and options trading, financial transmission rights, and asset swaps - real and virtual. Finally, a supply function equilibrium model is constructed for an auction in which multiple products are settled simultaneously, in which bids and offers are allowed to express cross-elasticities in demand and cost. With these new computational methods, it becomes possible to more accurately model the wholesale electricity market, and derive new insights into questions of market power and market design.

Handbook of Networks in Power Systems I

Handbook of Networks in Power Systems I
Author: Alexey Sorokin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 588
Release: 2012-02-29
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 3642231934

Energy has been an inevitable component of human lives for decades. Recent rapid developments in the area require analyzing energy systems not as independent components but rather as connected interdependent networks. The Handbook of Networks in Power Systems includes the state-of-the-art developments that occurred in the power systems networks, in particular gas, electricity, liquid fuels, freight networks, as well as their interactions. The book is separated into two volumes with three sections, where one scientific paper or more are included to cover most important areas of networks in power systems. The first volume covers topics arising in electricity network, in particular electricity markets, smart grid, network expansion, as well as risk management. The second volume presents problems arising in gas networks; such as scheduling and planning of natural gas systems, pricing, as well as optimal location of gas supply units. In addition, the second volume covers the topics of interactions between energy networks. Each subject is identified following the activity on the domain and the recognition of each subject as an area of research. The scientific papers are authored by world specialists on the domain and present either state-of-the-arts reviews or scientific developments.