A bottom-up model of electricity demand response with a stochastic dynamic programming approach: application to system value of demand response in the European energy crisis

Julien Ancel (), Olivier Massol () and Antoine Verrier
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Julien Ancel: LGI - Laboratoire Génie Industriel - CentraleSupélec - Université Paris-Saclay, CEC - Chaire Economie du Climat - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées
Olivier Massol: IFP School, IFPEN - IFP Energies nouvelles, LGI - Laboratoire Génie Industriel - CentraleSupélec - Université Paris-Saclay, City University of London
Antoine Verrier: Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: Demand response is anticipated as a key feature of flexibility in renewables-dominated power systems even though high-scale aggregation and integration of demand response have never been implemented. This paper proposes a model of hourly operations during a full year of power systems integrating significant shares of demand response. Attention is given to a bottom-up description of demand response as a flexibility resource. The representation is brought up to a large-scale model of power systems through a hydropower analogy, compatible with a stochastic dual dynamic programming framework. This framework surpasses traditional stochastic dynamic programming ones as it enables the capture of intertemporal arbitrage and the effect of stochastic inputs on different timescales inherent to the operation of demand response affected by social and technical limitations. Yet, such a modeling paradigm has not permeated the study of demand response. Notably, various sources of demand response from all sectors are represented. The model is used to quantify the hypothetical economic and environmental impacts of demand response on day-ahead markets in Western Europe during 2022, a particularly tense year for this power system. Apart from the model itself, a key result is the possible misalignment between a system's need for more flexibility sources and the private interest of an operator of demand response potentials. A cannibalization effect of demand response from the tertiary and the residential sector is also found due to the size of these potentials.

Keywords: OR in Energy; Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming; Demand response; Flexibility; OR in Energy Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming Demand response Flexibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-12-01
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