Efficient buyer groups with prediction-of-use electricity tariffs
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Author(s)
Robu, V
Vinyals, M
Rogers, A
Jennings, N
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Current electricity tariffs do not reflect the real costs that a customer incurs to a supplier, as units are charged at the same rate, regardless of the consumption pattern. In this paper, we propose a prediction-of-use (POU) tariff that better reflects the predictability cost of a customer. Our tariff asks customers to pre-commit to a baseline consumption, and charges them based on both their actual consumption and the deviation from the anticipated baseline. First, we study, from a cooperative game theory perspective, the cost game induced by a single such tariff, and show customers would have an incentive to minimize their risk, by joining together when buying electricity as a grand coalition. Second, we study the efficient (i.e., cost-minimizing) structure of buying groups for the more realistic setting when multiple , competing POU tariffs are available. We propose a polynomial time algorithm to compute the efficient buyer groups, and validate our approach experimentally, using a large-scale data set of domestic consumers in the U.K.
Date Issued
2018-09-01
Date Acceptance
2017-01-01
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2018, 9 (5), pp.4468-4479
ISSN
1949-3061
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
4468
End Page
4479
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
Volume
9
Issue
5
Copyright Statement
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Engineering
Electricity tariffs
cooperative game theory
coalition formation
collective switching
demand forecasting
GAME
MANAGEMENT
DEMAND
CONGESTION
RETAILERS
CONSUMERS
MARKETS
0906 Electrical And Electronic Engineering
0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2017-01-27