SBIR Phase I: A Simulation Tool for the Analysis and Visualization of Market Power in Electric Power Systems

PowerWorld Corp.将开发一个新的软件包，以帮助电力行业了解市场力所涉及的问题，市场力是指在一段时间内提高电价的能力。这是公用事业行业放松管制的一个关键问题，这将导致将传统的垂直整合的不统一分离为相对独立的实体。开发的软件包将包含有效的可视化技术，旨在促进没有电力工程背景的人对市场力量问题的理解，并将以大学研究人员开发的用户友好和高度互动的模拟包为基础。在T·奥弗拜教授的指导下，伊利诺伊州电力和能源系统集团。

PowerWorld Corp. will develop a new software package to help the electric power industry understand the issues involved in market power, the ability to raise rates profitable over a period of time. This is a key issues in the deregulation of the utility industry, which will result in an unbundling of the traditionally vertically integrated untilities, into relatively independent entities. The software package developed will contain effective visualisation techniques designed to facilitate the comprehension of market power issues by those who do not have a background in electrical power engineering, and will be based on a user-friendly and highly interactive simulation package developed by researchers at the Univ. of Illinois Power and Energy Systems Group under the direction of Prof. T. Overbye.