Electric Power Bid Determination and Evaluation for Price Taker Units under Price Uncertainty

<p>Power companies aim to maximize their profit which is highly related to the bidding strategies used. In order to sell electricity at high prices and maximize their profit, power companies need suitable bidding models that consider power operating constraints and price uncertainty within the...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:fe2769557e27425a98294c6498095c202021-11-12T07:27:31ZElectric Power Bid Determination and Evaluation for Price Taker Units under Price Uncertainty2146-4553https://doaj.org/article/fe2769557e27425a98294c6498095c202021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/11382https://doaj.org/toc/2146-4553<p>Power companies aim to maximize their profit which is highly related to the bidding strategies used. In order to sell electricity at high prices and maximize their profit, power companies need suitable bidding models that consider power operating constraints and price uncertainty within the market. Price taker units have no power to affect the prices but need to determine their best bidding strategy to maximize their profit assuming a quadratic cost function and uncertain market prices. Price taker units also need to evaluate their bidding strategy under different price scenarios. In this paper, we first model the bidding problem for a price taker unit and then propose quadratic programming, nonlinear programming and marginal cost based bidding models under price uncertainty. We use case studies to study the computation burden and limitation to reach a solution. We also propose a simulation methodology to evaluate the performance of each bidding strategy for different market prices in an effort to help decision makers to assess their bidding decisions.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Bidding, nonlinear programming, quadratic programming, simulation, electricity markets<strong></strong></p><p class="Default"><strong>JEL Classifications</strong>: L94, D44, D47, E17</p><p class="Default">DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11382">https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11382</a></p>Ahmet YucekayaJorge ValenzuelaEconJournalsarticleEnvironmental sciencesGE1-350Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel tradeHD9502-9502.5ENInternational Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Vol 11, Iss 6, Pp 35-42 (2021)
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topic Environmental sciences
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Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade
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GE1-350
Energy industries. Energy policy. Fuel trade
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Ahmet Yucekaya
Jorge Valenzuela
Electric Power Bid Determination and Evaluation for Price Taker Units under Price Uncertainty
description <p>Power companies aim to maximize their profit which is highly related to the bidding strategies used. In order to sell electricity at high prices and maximize their profit, power companies need suitable bidding models that consider power operating constraints and price uncertainty within the market. Price taker units have no power to affect the prices but need to determine their best bidding strategy to maximize their profit assuming a quadratic cost function and uncertain market prices. Price taker units also need to evaluate their bidding strategy under different price scenarios. In this paper, we first model the bidding problem for a price taker unit and then propose quadratic programming, nonlinear programming and marginal cost based bidding models under price uncertainty. We use case studies to study the computation burden and limitation to reach a solution. We also propose a simulation methodology to evaluate the performance of each bidding strategy for different market prices in an effort to help decision makers to assess their bidding decisions.</p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Bidding, nonlinear programming, quadratic programming, simulation, electricity markets<strong></strong></p><p class="Default"><strong>JEL Classifications</strong>: L94, D44, D47, E17</p><p class="Default">DOI: <a href="https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11382">https://doi.org/10.32479/ijeep.11382</a></p>
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author Ahmet Yucekaya
Jorge Valenzuela
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Jorge Valenzuela
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title Electric Power Bid Determination and Evaluation for Price Taker Units under Price Uncertainty
title_short Electric Power Bid Determination and Evaluation for Price Taker Units under Price Uncertainty
title_full Electric Power Bid Determination and Evaluation for Price Taker Units under Price Uncertainty
title_fullStr Electric Power Bid Determination and Evaluation for Price Taker Units under Price Uncertainty
title_full_unstemmed Electric Power Bid Determination and Evaluation for Price Taker Units under Price Uncertainty
title_sort electric power bid determination and evaluation for price taker units under price uncertainty
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