1 David Gachiri Nderitu SUFG, Purdue University Quantifying the benefits of distributed generation in imperfectly competitive electricity markets
2 In this Presentation DG has a lot of benefits Market power mitigation Reliability Security Especially when in oligopolistic markets Average cost models hide their value Spatial oligopoly model for Midwest
3 Statement of Imperfect Competition Each firms decision variable is to maximize its profit Given a a market price And the firms total cost function
4 Profit Maximizing Conditions And expanded further into Conjectural variations model
5 Alternative Assumptions/Models Cournot Cartel Price leadership MR L = MC L on residual demand Quasi-competitive
6 Relative Prices Marginal Cost Marginal Revenue Quantity Price Cartel Bertland Cournot Cartel Cournot Bertland Demand curve
7 Suppliers in Electricity Market
8 KKT Optimality
9 Complementarity Problem Cournot Assumption
10 Case Study PJM AE MAPPCILCCEIPAMRN SPIL EEI SIPCSIGECOBRECTVALG&EEKPCHERECIPLPSINIPSCOCPCDECO FE AEPOVECVPDPLCG&EDLCOAPS OHY SPP AW
11 Demand Response