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Daniel Kirschen
Differences between electricity and other commodities
Market mechanisms
Too slow
Too expensive
Need fast communication
Need to reach lots of participants
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Managed spot market
Balance load and generation
Run by the system operator to maintain the security
of the system
Must operate on a sound economic basis
Use competitive bids for generation adjustments
Should ideally accept demand-side bids
Determine a cost-reflective spot price
Not a true market because price is not set through
interactions of buyers and sellers
Indispensable for treating electricity as a commodity
System operator
Control
Managed Spot Market actions
Spot
price
Bids to Bids to
Bids to Bids to
increase increase
decrease decrease
production load
2011 D. Kirschen and the University of Washington production load 8
Managed spot market
Also known as:
Reserve market
Balancing mechanism
Market price
Accepted bids
Quantity traded
Minimum
Load Cost
Forecast Schedule
Unit
Commitment
Program
Generators
Bids Market
Prices
MW
Time 21
2011 D. Kirschen and the University of Washington
Marginal Units
Most expensive unit needed to meet the load at
MW each period
Time 22
2011 D. Kirschen and the University of Washington
Market price
Bid from marginal unit sets
the market clearing price at MW
each period
System Marginal Price
(SMP)
All energy traded through
the pool during that period
is bought and sold at that
price
Time
BorduriaPowersspotmarketbids:
Type Unit Price Amount
[$/MWh] [MW]
Bid (increase) C 17.50 50
Offer (decrease) B 12.50 30
Offer (decrease) A 9.50 400