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A system operator's utility function for the frequency response market

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  • Thomas Greve

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge)

  • Fei Teng

    (Imperial College London, MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University)

  • Michael Pollitt

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge)

  • Goran Strbac

    (Imperial College London)

Abstract

How can the electricity system operator determine the optimal quantity and quality of electricity ancillary services (such as frequency response) to procure in a market increasingly characterized by intermittent renewable electricity generation? The paper presents a system operator's utility function to calculate the exchange rates in monetary values between different frequency response products in the electricity system. We then use the utility function in a two-sided Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism combined of two frequency response products 'enhanced and primary' in the context of the system in Great Britain. This mechanism would allow the market to reveal to the system operator the welfare optimal mix of speed of frequency response and quantity to procure. We show that this mechanism is the efficient way to support new faster sources of frequency response, such as could be provided by grid scale batteries.
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  • Thomas Greve & Fei Teng & Michael Pollitt & Goran Strbac, 2017. "A system operator's utility function for the frequency response market," Working Papers EPRG 1713, Energy Policy Research Group, Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.
    • Handle: RePEc:enp:wpaper:eprg1713
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    • D44 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Auctions
    • L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities

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