Computer-specific metrics for the regulation and load following ancillary services

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/750982· OSTI ID:750982

Kirby, B ^[1]; Hirst, E

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In competitive electricity markets, the costs for each ancillary service should be charged to those who cause the costs to be incurred with charges based on the factors that contribute to these costs. For example, the amount of generating capacity assigned to the regulation service is a function of the short-term volatility of system load. Therefore, the charges for regulation should be related to the volatility of each load, not to its average demand. This report discusses the economic efficiency and equity benefits of assessing charges on the basis of customer-specific costs (rather than the traditional billing determinants, MWh or MW), focusing on two key real-power ancillary services, regulation and load following. The authors determine the extent to which individual customers and groups of customers contribute to the system's generation requirements for these two services. In particular, they analyze load data to determine whether some customers account for shares of these two services that differ substantially from their shares of total electricity consumption.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 750982
• Report Number(s): ORNL/CON--474
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
CAPACITY
ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY
LOAD ANALYSIS
OPERATING COST
PRICES