On Cournot Equilibria in Electricity Transmission Networks

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Downward, A.; Zakeri, G.; Philpottt, A. B.
• 署名单位: University of Auckland
• 刊物名称: OPERATIONS RESEARCH
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0030-364X
• DOI: 10.1287/opre.1100.0830
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 1194-1209
• 关键词: markets

摘要

We consider electricity pool markets in radial transmission networks in which the lines have capacities. At each node there is a strategic generator injecting generation quantities into the pool. Prices are determined by a linear competitive fringe at each node (or equivalently a linear demand function) through a convex dispatch optimization. We derive a set of linear inequalities satisfied by the line capacities that gives necessary and sufficient conditions for the unconstrained one-shot Cournot equilibrium to remain an equilibrium in the constrained network. We discuss the extension of this model to general networks and to lines with transmission losses, and we conclude by discussing the application of this methodology to the New Zealand electricity transmission network.