Transcript Presentation - Maximum Shadow Price

Maximum Shadow Price
April, 2008
Protocol Requirement:
6.5.7.1.11 Transmission Constraint Management
(2) ERCOT shall establish a maximum Shadow Price for each
constraint as part of the definition of contingencies. The cost
calculated by SCED to resolve an additional MW of congestion on
the constraint is limited to the maximum Shadow Price for the
constraint. ERCOT shall develop a policy for setting maximum
Shadow Prices for approval through the PRR process.
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Need for Maximum Shadow Price:
Maximum Shadow Price limits the cost of resolving the constraints.
i.e
• for a given energy offer curve, it prevents dispatching Resources
with Shift Factor below a certain level.
• for a given Shift Factor, it prevents dispatching Resources with
offer above a certain price.
i.e. indirectly putting a upper limit on the energy offer and lower limit
on the shift factor of the resources selected for re-dispatching to
resolve the constraint.
The relative value of the Maximum Shadow Price determines the
priority order in which the constraints will be violated by SCED if
needed.
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Effects of Maximum Shadow Price value:
It is the coefficient of the slack variable corresponding to the constraint
in the SCED objective function. i.e. it is the maximum allowed
increase in production cost for resolving 1MW of the constraint.
Objective = Min ( Cost of generation dispatch
+ Sum ( Max Shadow Price * Slack variable)
LMP at any electrical bus is
Energy Component = Shadow price of Power Balance constraint
+
Congestion Component = - sum ( Shift Factor * Shadow Price for
the constraint )
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Zonal Vs Nodal :
The nodal prices could be much higher than what we get in zonal.
Some of the factors are
In Zonal
• Only Zonal Congestion affects the price
• Shift Factors are fixed and low
• Ramp Rate can be violated
• Ramp Rate is not reserved for AS
In Nodal
• All constraints will affect price
• There will be electrical buses with +1 and others with -1
• HDL/LDL constraints can not be violated
• SURAMP = Normal ramp rate – regulation responsibility / 5
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Finding the right value:
Difficulties in finding the right value:
• If the value is too low then most constraints will be violated in
SCED.
• If it is too high then
– Resources with very low shift factor will be moved for
solving the constraint and
– drastic increase in price could happen for negligible
increase in reliability.
We need to resolve the constraints passed to SCED since only those
constraints that need to be resolved are passed to SCED.
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Constraint Processing:
• TCM
– Constraints are passed to SCED only if they are approved by the
operator. Several processes help determine the severity of the
constraint
• RTCA –SPS/RAP implementation
– SPS / RAPs associated with the monitored element/ contingency
are implemented and color coded if the violation can be resolved by
the SPS / RAPs
• DRAP
– Develops generation dispatch patterns for resolving constraints.
– Violations lower than load shed limit that can be removed by
generation dispatch during the next SCED cycle are color coded
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Constraint Processing:
Operators should only pass the post contingency violations that can not
be resolved by RAP/SPS/DRAP.
RAPs should be implemented before a base case violation is passed to
SCED.
SPSs will be implemented automatically when the contingency
happens
RTCA –
SPS/RAP
DRAP
TCM
Operator
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SCED
Calculating the value:
Typical maximum heat rate in ERCOT
– 16 MMBTU/MWhr
Average fuel Index Price
– $7.00 per MMBTU
Typical maximum Energy Offer Curve
– $112 / MWhr (16*7)
If SCED needs to move a Resource with 0.03 Shift Factor when
Energy Offer Curve is equal to or less than $111 / MWhr, then the
maximum Shadow Price should be $3700 (111/0.03)
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Proposed Maximum Shadow Price :
For simplicity reasons ERCOT proposes to assign default
maximum Shadow Price to monitored elements based on
voltage level along with assigning higher or lower values based
on operational experience.
Default value for different kV levels
•69kV
– 2800 (~ 111/0.04)
•138 kV
– 3700 (~ 111/0.03)
•345 kV
– 5600 (~112/0.02)
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Variation from default values:
In current EDS market trial, the Maximum Shadow Prices are
hard coded based on the voltage level of monitored element.
We are working on a design in which the values can be changed
from the default values and stored at a monitored element
level.
ERCOT plans to do periodic evaluation of the Maximum Shadow
Price and adjust it accordingly.
ERCOT, with input from CMWG, will present an NPRR that will
define the methodology for setting the Maximum Shadow
Price and for periodic review of these Maximum Shadow
Prices.
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Special Cases : Voltage Collapse / Base Case Violation
Voltage Collapse / Base case violation needs to be resolved for
system reliability
To move resources with Shift Factor >0.05 even at SWCAP, the
Max Shadow Price should be 60000 (3000/.05)
But this could result in very high price.
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Example:
Consider an electrical bus with 5 lines and a load connected to it.
If the 3 lines are violated at the base case and SCED is
unable to resolve these constraints and Maximum Shadow
Price for base case is set to 60000 then the LMP at the
electrical bus will be of the magnitude of 3*60000 = 180000.
[ Energy Cost – (-1* 60000 + -1 * 60000 + -1 * 60000)]
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Special Cases : Voltage Collapse / Base Case Violation
A reasonable value of maximum Shadow Price ($6000) for
Voltage Collapse and Base Case violation was
developed after discussion with market monitor
For SCED to move a Resource up with energy offer of
$112/MWhr and Shift Factor >0.02 and to move a
Resource down at $-10/MWhr with no shift factor to the
constraints, the max shadow price should be (112 - 10)/0.02 ~ 6000
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Special Cases : Power Balance
Power Balance constraint should never be violated and
hence the maximum shadow price for it should be a
relatively high number. It is set to $100,000 in the current
EDS market trial environment.
Effect:
If the Power Balance constraint is violated then the prices
will be of the order of $100,000.
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Next steps :
CMWG will meet on April 28th and will discuss the CCT
process, the CSCs for 2009 and the development of
maximum shadow price cap(s) used in SCED.
NPRR will be developed based on the discussion.
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