This book describes the latest microeconomic concepts and operations research (OR) techniques needed to comprehend the design and operation of power markets, as well as the actions of their agents: producers, consumers, operators, and regulators. This is critical when it comes to addressing a constantly evolving power system environment that incorporates an increasing number of no-marginal-cost renewable sources, increasingly competitive storage facilities, increasingly responsive demands, and widespread communication channels that allow distributed decision-making. Such evolving environments call for a re-examination of the microeconomic concepts and OR techniques required by graduate students and practitioners in the electric energy field.

This accessible, tutorial-style book features numerous illustrative examples to help readers grasp the economic concepts and OR procedures used by power market professionals. The authors explian these concepts and procedures and presenta vision of a renewable-dominated marketplace. Each chapter also includes exercises.

Presents the microeconomic concepts and OR techniques needed to comprehend power markets Address a continuously evolving power system environment that incorporates renewal sources Each chapter contains end-of-chapter exercises

Autorentext
Takanori Ida is Professor at Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Kyoto University. He specializes in behavioral economics and experimental economics. Professor Ida has published many articles in journals such as American Economic Review, American Economic Journal, International Economic Review, and European Economic Review. His major publications include Broadband Economics: Lessons from Japan (Routledge, 2009). Makoto Tanaka is Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Tokyo. He specializes in energy economics and operations research. Professor Tanaka has published many articles in journals such as American Economic Review, American Economic Journal, European Journal of Operational Research, and IEEE Transactions on Power Systems. He is the author of several books including Economics of Power Systems, International Series inOperations Research & Management Science (Springer, 2022). Koichiro Ito is Associate Professor at Harris School of Public Policy, the University of Chicago, USA. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. His research interests lie at the intersection of environmental and energy economics. Professor Ito has published many articles in journals such as American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Journal, and Review of Economics and Statistics.

Inhalt

1. Demand.- 2. Supply.- 3. Market Clearing.- 4. Marginal Pricing.- 5. Market Power.- 6. Environmental Externalities.- 7. Investment.