• DocumentCode
    135965
  • Title

    Do wind power producers have market power and exercise it?

  • Author

    Yang Yu ; Baosen Zhang ; Rajagopal, Ram

  • Author_Institution
    ECON, Stanford Univ., Stanford, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    27-31 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    In most electricity markets, wind power producers can participant in real-time markets without the need of being committed in the day-ahead. This setup could potentially lead to market power of these producers as the penetration of wind increases. In this paper, we developed a theoretical framework to measure the ability and willingness of wind power producers in manipulating the market price. Through a case study of the ERCOT control area, we demonstrate these producers do posses market power even at relatively low penetrations.
  • Keywords
    electricity supply industry; government policies; power markets; wind power plants; ERCOT control area; day-ahead; electricity markets; market power; wind power producers; Aggregates; Electricity; Electricity supply industry; Equations; Generators; Real-time systems; Wind power generation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    PES General Meeting | Conference & Exposition, 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    National Harbor, MD
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PESGM.2014.6939858
  • Filename
    6939858