Operation and planning of large-scale electric power systems

这项研究涉及大型电力系统的运行和规划。 一个问题是如何高水平的可靠性，传统上是一个集中管理和计划的任务，可以保持在目前的情况下，独立运行的竞争实体的主要目标是他们的个人利润。这个问题既适用于短期的行动，也适用于长期的规划任务。在与电力市场相关的研究阶段，我们将研究如何识别发电公司的过度市场势力。将研究限制市场力量的机制，如新的电力定价规则、限制竞争实体的规模、需求弹性和价格上限。一个特别具有挑战性的问题是了解输电阻塞和多产品市场（例如功率和备用）如何影响市场势力。这里要研究的第二个问题是将储存设施和可再生资源（如风力发电）纳入电网。我们将研究这种整合对系统可靠性、备用需求以及价格、利润和相关风险等经济指标的影响。

This research deals with the operation and planning of large-scale electric power systems. One concern is how high levels of reliability, traditionally a centrally administered and planned task, can be maintained in the current context of independently run competing entities whose primary goal is their individual profit. This question applies to both operation in the short-term and to long-term planning tasks. In the phase of the research related to electricity markets, we will examine how to identify excessive market power on the part of generating companies. Mechanisms to restrict market power will be studied such as new electricity pricing rules, limiting the size of the competing entities, demand elasticity and price caps. One particularly challenging problem is to understand how transmission congestion and multiple product markets (e.g. power and reserve)affect market power. A second issue to be researched here is that of integrating storage facilities and renewable resources such as wind power into electricity grids. We will examine the impact of such integration on system reliability, reserve needs and on economic measures such as prices, profits and associated risks.