Elspot: Nord Pool Spot Integration in MASCEM Electricity Market Simulator

摘要

The energy sector in industrialized countries has been restructured inthe last years, with the purpose of decreasing electricity prices through theincrease in competition, and facilitating the integration of distributed energyresources. However, the restructuring process increased the complexity inmarket players' interactions and generated emerging problems and new issues tobe addressed. In order to provide players with competitive advantage in themarket, decision support tools that facilitate the study and understanding ofthese markets become extremely useful. In this context arises MASCEM(Multi-Agent Simulator of Competitive Electricity Markets), a multi-agentbased simulator that models real electricity markets. To reinforce MASCEMwith the capability of recreating the electricity markets reality in the fullestpossible extent, it is crucial to make it able to simulate as many market modelsand player types as possible. This paper presents a new negotiation modelimplemented in MASCEM based on the negotiation model used in day-aheadmarket (Elspot) of Nord Pool. This is a key module to study competitiveelectricity markets, as it presents well defined and distinct characteristics fromthe already implemented markets, and it is a reference electricity market inEurope (the one with the larger amount of traded power).