Scandinavian Working Papers in Economics
Working Paper Series,
Research Institute of Industrial Economics
No 1098: Auction Performance on Wholesale Electricity Markets in the Presence of Transmission Constraints and Transmission Costs
Mario Blázquez De Paz ()
Additional contact information
Mario Blázquez De Paz: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Postal: P.O. Box 55665, SE-102 15 Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract: Electricity markets are becoming more integrated around the world. However, the knowledge of the effects of different auction formats on suppliers’ strategies in the presence of transmission constraints and transmission costs is still very limited. In this paper, I analyze the performance of uniform and discriminatory price auctions in the presence of transmission constraints and transmission costs. When the transmission capacity is binding, the discriminatory price auction could outperform the uniform price auction, minimizing the equilibrium price and the transmission costs. Moreover, when the transmission capacity is binding, an increase in transmission costs could be pro-competitive when the auction is discriminatory, but not when the auction is uniform.
Keywords: Electricity auctions; Transmission constraint; Transmission costs; Market design
Language: English
51 pages, December 15, 2015
Full text files
wp1098.pdf
Questions (including download problems) about the papers in this series should be directed to Elisabeth Gustafsson ()
Report other problems with accessing this service to Sune Karlsson ().
RePEc:hhs:iuiwop:1098This page generated on 2024-09-13 22:15:50.