Title :
Distribution energy management in the environment of de-regulated electricity market
Author :
Lehtonen, Matti ; Seppälä, Anssi ; Kekkonen, Veikko ; Koponen, Pekka ; Koreneff, Göran ; Lemström, Bettina
Author_Institution :
VTT Energy, Finland
Abstract :
In Finland, the electricity market was deregulated in 1995. In this paper, the problems of energy management of the distribution companies in the new situation are discussed. The main topics covered are the estimation of energy balances, optimization of energy purchase, short-term trade management and tariff design. In the latter part of the paper, a computer prototype system for distribution energy management is presented
Keywords :
distribution networks; electricity supply industry; load management; power system control; tariffs; Finland; de-regulated electricity market; distribution companies; distribution energy management; energy balances estimation; energy purchase optimisation; short-term trade management; tariff design; Companies; Computer interfaces; Design optimization; Distributed computing; Electricity supply industry; Energy management; Monopoly; Power generation; Power supplies; Prototypes;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Management and Power Delivery, 1995. Proceedings of EMPD '95., 1995 International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2981-3
DOI :
10.1109/EMPD.1995.500781
