Tender Frequency and Market Concentration in Balancing Power Markets

Andreas Knaut, Frank Obermüller () and Florian Weiser
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Florian Weiser: Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universitaet zu Koeln (EWI)

No 2017-4, EWI Working Papers from Energiewirtschaftliches Institut an der Universitaet zu Koeln (EWI)

Abstract: Balancing power markets ensure the short-term balance of supply and demand in electricity markets and their importance may increase with a higher share of fluctuating renewable electricity production. While it is clear that shorter tender frequencies, e.g. daily or hourly, are able to increase the efficiency compared to a weekly procurement, it remains unclear in which respect market concentration will be affected. Against this background, we develop a numerical electricity market model to quantify the possible effects of shorter tender frequencies on costs and market concentration. We find that shorter time spans of procurement are able to lower the costs by up to 15%. While market concentration decreases in many markets, we – surprisingly – identify cases in which shorter time spans lead to higher concentration.

Keywords: Balancing Power; Market Design; Market Concentration; Tender Frequency; Provision Duration; Mixed Integer Programming (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D47 L94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2017-01-31
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-ene, nep-ind and nep-reg
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