TY - JOUR
T1 - A Bi-level Model for Strategic Bidding of a Price-Maker Retailer with Flexible Demands in Day-Ahead Electricity Market
AU - Sharifi, Reza
AU - Anvari-Moghaddam, Amjad
AU - Fathi , S. Hamid
AU - Vahidinasab, Vahid
PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - In this paper, a bi-level Stackelberg-based model between an electricity retailer and consumers is presented, in which the upper-level consists of a price-maker retailer (PMR) modeled as the leader who seeks to maximize its own profit by adopting optimal pricing strategies for a pool-based electricity market. At the same time, PMR reduces its risks by encouraging consumers to actively participate in demand response (DR) programs. The lower-level of the model consists of 4 followers, three of them represent customer groups with distinct reactions to DR programs, and their objective function is defined as minimizing the cost of purchased electricity while preserving the welfare level. The fourth follower is the electricity pool, which is responsible for implementation of market mechanism and determination of market clearing price (MCP) with the aim of increasing the consumers’ welfare. In the proposed framework, the reaction of consumers to prices and DR programs are also organized and studied in form of several scenarios. The outputs of the proposed model will be enhancing the retailer’s profit and determination of the effect of DR programs on power consumption during peak hours as well as consumers’ welfare.
AB - In this paper, a bi-level Stackelberg-based model between an electricity retailer and consumers is presented, in which the upper-level consists of a price-maker retailer (PMR) modeled as the leader who seeks to maximize its own profit by adopting optimal pricing strategies for a pool-based electricity market. At the same time, PMR reduces its risks by encouraging consumers to actively participate in demand response (DR) programs. The lower-level of the model consists of 4 followers, three of them represent customer groups with distinct reactions to DR programs, and their objective function is defined as minimizing the cost of purchased electricity while preserving the welfare level. The fourth follower is the electricity pool, which is responsible for implementation of market mechanism and determination of market clearing price (MCP) with the aim of increasing the consumers’ welfare. In the proposed framework, the reaction of consumers to prices and DR programs are also organized and studied in form of several scenarios. The outputs of the proposed model will be enhancing the retailer’s profit and determination of the effect of DR programs on power consumption during peak hours as well as consumers’ welfare.
KW - Bi-level optimization
KW - Bidding strategy
KW - Consumer utility function
KW - Demand response (DR)
KW - Mathematical programming
KW - Stackelberg-based model
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijepes.2020.106065
DO - 10.1016/j.ijepes.2020.106065
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0142-0615
VL - 121
JO - International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
JF - International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems
M1 - 106065
ER -