Congestion Management by a Real-Time Optimal Dispatch through Balancing Mechanism Method for Electricity Markets

TL;DR

This paper introduces a real-time optimal dispatch method for electricity markets that coordinates various market segments through a balancing mechanism to enhance system security and reduce congestion.

Contribution

It proposes a novel real-time dispatch approach using a modified P-Q decoupled OPF to coordinate multiple market segments and improve congestion management.

Findings

Effective congestion reduction demonstrated on IEEE 30-bus system

Integrated market coordination improves system security

Real-time spot pricing aligns with dispatch outcomes

Abstract

A real-time optimal dispatch method for unbundle electricity markets is proposed in this paper. With this method, pool energy auction market, ancillary services market, and bilateral contract market can be coordinated by the ISO through a balancing market for the purpose of system security. To meet real-time imbalance and to eliminate transmission congestion, operating reserves, curtailment of bilateral contracts, and supplemental energy bids in the real-time balancing market (REM), can all be called upon in light of their bidding prices. The replacement of the operating reserves used to provide balancing energy is incorporated into the objective of the real-time optimal dispatch problem. A modified P-Q decoupled optimal power flow (OPF) is employed to implement this method. Spot pricing for the real-time dispatch is presented. The IEEE 30-bus test system is studied to illustrate the proposed framework.