Moving from linear to conic markets for electricity
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Author(s)
Ratha, Anubhav
Pinson, Pierre
Le Cadre, Hélène
Virag, Ana
Kazempour, Jalal
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We propose a new forward electricity market framework that admits heterogeneous market participants with second-order cone strategy sets, who accurately express the nonlinearities in their costs and constraints through conic bids, and a network operator facing conic operational constraints. In contrast to the prevalent linear-programming-based electricity markets, we highlight how the inclusion of second-order cone constraints improves uncertainty-, asset-, and network-awareness of the market, which is key to the successful transition towards an electricity system based on weather-dependent renewable energy sources. We analyze our general market-clearing proposal using conic duality theory to derive efficient spatially-differentiated prices for the multiple commodities, comprised of energy and flexibility services. Under the assumption of perfect competition, we prove the equivalence of the centrally-solved market-clearing optimization problem to a competitive spatial price equilibrium involving a set of rational and self-interested participants and a price setter. Finally, under common assumptions, we prove that moving towards conic markets does not incur the loss of desirable economic properties of markets, namely market efficiency, cost recovery, and revenue adequacy. Our numerical studies focus on the specific use case of uncertainty-aware market design and demonstrate that the proposed conic market brings advantages over existing alternatives within the linear programming market framework.
Date Issued
2023-09-01
Date Acceptance
2022-12-17
Citation
European Journal of Operational Research, 2023, 309 (2), pp.762-783
ISSN
0377-2217
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Start Page
762
End Page
783
Journal / Book Title
European Journal of Operational Research
Volume
309
Issue
2
Copyright Statement
© 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Identifier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0377221722009730
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2022-12-21