Course Name | Chinese | 电力系统经济学原理 | |||||||||||
English | Fundamentals of Power system economics(full english) | ||||||||||||
Course Number | S016207 | Type of Degree | Ph. D | Master | √ | ||||||||
Total Credit Hours | 36 | In Class Credit Hours | 36 | Credit | 2 | Practice | 0 | Computer-using Hours | 0 | ||||
Course Type | □Public Fundamental □Major Fundamental √Major Compulsory □Major Elective | ||||||||||||
School (Department) | School of electrical engineering | Term | Autumn | ||||||||||
Examination | A.√Paper(√Open-book □Closed-book) B.□Oral C.□Paper-oral Combination D.□ Others | ||||||||||||
Chief Lecturer | Name | Professional Title | Professor | ||||||||||
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Teaching Language used in Course | English | Teaching Material Website | |||||||||||
Applicable Range of Discipline | Electrical engineering | Name of First-Class Discipline | Electrical engineering | ||||||||||
Number of Experiment | 0 | Preliminary Courses | Power system analysis microeconomics | ||||||||||
Teaching Books | Textbook Title | Author | Publisher | Year of Publication | Edition Number | ||||||||
Main Textbook | Fundamentals of Power System Economics | Daniel s.Kirschen, Goran Strbac | China electrical power press | 2007 | 1st edition | ||||||||
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I.Course Introduction (including teaching goals and requirements) within 300 words:
With the introduction of competition mechanism, there is a significant change with the operation of the power industry.
II.Teaching Syllabus (including the content of chapters and sections. A sheet can be attached):
L0 - Introduction to the course: Concepts and framework for (electric) energy (2hr)
·Structure of power systems
·EU objectives for energy
·Energy sustainability
·Power systems security
·Competition in electricity industry
·Course programme
L1- Electricity as a form of energy (2hr)
·comparison with other form of energy
·world and EU outlook
·basic features of electricity
·power and energy in electricity
L2 – Microeconomics (4hr)
·Definitions of economics
·Road map of economics and challenges
·Basic economic laws
·Definitions of microeconomics terms
·Objectives of a firm
·Demand elasticity
·Equilibrium point and associate economic metrics
·Market types
L3 - Markets for electricity (6hr)
·Monopoly vs. Competitive markets: reasons for the competition in the electricity markets
·Specificity of electricity as a commodity
·Players, markets, products
·Reference market models: pool vs. Bilateral
·Market equilibrium and market performance
·Market clearing without network constraints
·Network unconstrained market clearing as an optimization problem
L4 - Market power analysis in the electricity market (2hr)
·Definition of market power
·Causes and consequences of market power
·Classic indices for market power evaluation
L5 - Network impacts on electricity market (6hr)
·Power system operation and network impacts
·Costs classification
·Pricing the usage of the network
·Embedded cost allocation
·Loss allocation methods
·Congestion in power systems and its impacts
·Congestion management methods
·Market equilibrium as network constrained optimization
L6 - Basic game theory and its applications to the network constrained electricity markets modelling (6hr)
·Historical background
·Basic elements of a game
·Classification of games
·Representation of games
·Informative context
·Game equilibrium
·Game with uncertain information
·Approaches for finding the equilibrium
·Key aspects in game theory application to electricity markets
·Network unconstrained game theory model: Medium run market simulator
·Analysis of market power with game theory under network constraints
L7 - Alternative approaches for electricity markets simulation (4hr)
·Shortcomings, problems and concerns on game theory
·Complex network (CN)
·Bilateral trading modelling
·Pairwise stable network based bilateral trading model
·An application: assess the incomplete and imperfect information impacts
·Comparison of regulations for network congestion
·Multi agent systems (MAS)
·Multi-agent based simulation applications
·Building up simulation tool
·Preliminary case studies
·Market based control
Application (4hr)
E1. market clearing without/with network constraints
E2. virtual strategic bidding game and discussion
III.Teaching Schedule:
Week | Course Content | Teaching Method |
1 | L0 - Introduction to the course: Concepts and framework for (electric) energy | lecture |
2 | L1- Electricity as a form of energy | lecture |
3 | L2 – Microeconomics ·Definitions of economics ·Road map of economics and challenges ·Basic economic laws ·Definitions of microeconomics terms | lecture |
4 | L2 – Microeconomics ·Objectives of a firm ·Demand elasticity ·Equilibrium point and associate economic metrics ·Market types | lecture |
5 | L3 - Markets for electricity ·Monopoly vs. Competitive markets: reasons for the competition in the electricity markets ·Specificity of electricity as a commodity ·Players, markets, products | lecture |
6 | L3 - Markets for electricity ·Reference market models: pool vs. Bilateral ·Market equilibrium and market performance | lecture |
7 | L3 - Markets for electricity ·Market clearing without network constraints ·Network unconstrained market clearing as an optimization problem | lecture |
8 | L4 - Market power analysis in the electricity market | lecture |
9 | L5 - Network impacts on electricity market ·Power system operation and network impacts ·Costs classification ·Pricing the usage of the network | lecture |
10 | L5 - Network impacts on electricity market ·Embedded cost allocation ·Loss allocation methods | lecture |
11 | L5 - Network impacts on electricity market ·Congestion in power systems and its impacts ·Congestion management methods ·Market equilibrium as network constrained optimization | lecture |
12 | L6 - Basic game theory and its applications to the network constrained electricity markets modelling ·Historical background ·Basic elements of a game ·Classification of games ·Representation of games ·Informative context ·Game equilibrium | lecture |
13 | L6 - Basic game theory and its applications to the network constrained electricity markets modelling ·Game with uncertain information ·Approaches for finding the equilibrium ·Key aspects in game theory application to electricity markets | lecture |
14 | L6 - Basic game theory and its applications to the network constrained electricity markets modelling ·Network unconstrained game theory model: Medium run market simulator ·Analysis of market power with game theory under network constraints | lecture |
15 | L7 - Alternative approaches for electricity markets simulation ·Shortcomings, problems and concerns on game theory ·Complex network (CN) ·Bilateral trading modelling ·Pairwise stable network based bilateral trading model ·An application: assess the incomplete and imperfect information impacts ·Comparison of regulations for network congestion | lecture |
16 | L7 - Alternative approaches for electricity markets simulation ·Multi agent systems (MAS) ·Multi-agent based simulation applications ·Building up simulation tool ·Preliminary case studies ·Market based control | lecture |
17 | Application E1. market clearing without/with network constraints | seminar |
18 | Application E2. virtual strategic bidding game and discussion | seminar |


