Thesis - Congestion in teh ISO-NE electricit markets

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1、CONGESTIONINTHEISO-NEELECTRICITYMARKETSBYANNABARBARAIHRIGTHESISAdvisor:Prof.GeorgeGrossSubmittedinpartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeof“Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur,FachrichtungElektrotechnik”ofDarmstadtUniversityofTechnology,GermanyUniver

2、sityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,2002iFOREWORDThistechnicalreportisareprintofthethesiswrittenbyAnnaBarbaraIhrigasthe“technischeStudienarbeit”,apartialfulfillmentoftherequirementsforthedegreeof“Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur,technischeFachrichtungElektro

3、technik”atDarmstadtUniversityofTechnology,Germany.G.GrossThesisAdvisorJune2002iiACKNOWLEDGEMENTSIwouldliketofirstthankmythesisadvisor,ProfessorGeorgeGross,forhisknowledgeandhelpfulguidanceduringmystudies.Doingresearchwithhimwasaninvaluableexperience.

4、IwouldalsoliketothankallmyfriendsattheUniversityofIllinoisfortheirsupport,especiallyMaryandmyfellowstudentsinthePowerGroup.Finally,IwouldliketothankmyfamilyandNielsforconstantlyencouragingmeandbeingtherewhenIneededthem.iiiABSTRACTTherestructuringofth

5、eelectricityindustryintheU.S.hasmadetheproblemoftransmissioncongestionincreasinglysignificant.Itfrustratesthesmoothfunctioningofcompetitivemarketsandtypicallyhighcostsareassociatedwithit,whichhavetobeeventuallybornebytheconsumers.Thisthesisaimstoinve

6、stigatetheimpactsofcongestionontheelectricitymarketsinoneofthemajorpowersystemsofthenortheast,theNewEnglandsystem.WegiveabriefreviewofthestructureoftheNewEnglandsystemandtheentityinchargeofoperationandcontrol,theISO-NE.WedescribehowtheISO-NEadministe

7、rstheenergymarketandmanagescongestion.AgeneraldefinitionofcongestionisprovidedandthecongestionmetricsandmarketpowermitigationproceduresusedinNewEnglandarediscussed.Themaineffortliesintheanalysisofcongestiondataovera26-monthperiod.Congestionquantities

8、andcostsareanalyzedindetailandexaminedfordiscerniblemonthlyandhourlypatterns.Ahighvolatilityisfoundinbothmetricsandnodistinctseasonalorhourlypatternscanbedetected.ThegeographiccharacteristicsoftheNewEnglandtransmissionareaarediscussedwithrespecttothe