Equilibria in an oligopolistic electricity pool with stepwise offer curves

IEEE Transactions on Power Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 752-761

  Ruiz, Carlos ^a   Conejo, Antonio J ^a   Smeers, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Electricity pool; equilibria; equilibrium problem with equilibrium constraints (EPEC); locational marginal price (LMP); mixed integer linear programming (MILP); offering strategy; power producer

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY POOL; EQUILIBRIA; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTRAINT; LOCATIONAL MARGINAL PRICES; MIXED-INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OFFERING STRATEGY; POWER PRODUCER;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING; PROFITABILITY;

LAKES;

EID: 84860229309     PISSN: 08858950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRS.2011.2170439     Document Type: Article

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