Flaws in Generation Scheduling in Iran Electricity Market from the Viewpoint of Competition Principal

Most of countries have started restructuring process as the salvation route of electricity industry. In the new environment, competition is a fundamental key and it is well known that in any competition, fairness is the major concern of the players. Generally, competition in power system has been started from generation sector, and winners of this competition are chosen via Unit commitment procedure which is supposed to be fair. In Iran central market, Unit Commitment procedure is an optimization problem constrained by some technical limitations including unit operational limitations, grid limitation and reliability requirements. This paper discusses how in Iran Electricity Market the unit constraints affect Unit Commitment result and argues whether these constraints are dealt in a fair manner or not.