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ECON 4930 Autumn 2007 Electricity Economics Lecture 1

ECON 4930 Autumn 2007 Electricity Economics Lecture 1. Lecturer: Finn R. Førsund. Overview of the course. Basic learning objectives Know key qualitative results as to optimal social planning in electricity economics when hydropower is involved

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ECON 4930 Autumn 2007 Electricity Economics Lecture 1

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  1. ECON 4930 Autumn 2007Electricity EconomicsLecture 1 Lecturer: Finn R. Førsund Introduction to electricity economics

  2. Overview of the course • Basic learning objectives • Know key qualitative results as to optimal social planning in electricity economics when hydropower is involved • Have a satisfactory understanding of how to formulate dynamic management models using standard non-linear programming • Understand how constraints on the generating system and uncertainty of inflows of water to hydro reservoirs affect the optimal path of social prices • Be able to discuss actual market organisations in view of theoretical results obtained from the social planning analyses Introduction to electricity economics

  3. Book: Hydropower EconomicsFinn R. Førsund (forthcoming) Introduction to electricity economics

  4. Introduction • Why dynamics • Hydropower plants can store energy in the form of water if there is a dam or reservoir • Water used today can alternatively be used tomorrow; there is an opportunity cost attached to current water use • A dynamic analysis is then necessary in order to determine the time profile of the use of water in reservoirs Introduction to electricity economics

  5. Introduction, cont. • Why standard non-linear programming • Can use more specialised methods (dynamics programming, Bellman) • But will use a more basic tool • Baumol • the Kuhn – Tucker conditions may perhaps constitute the most powerful single weapon provided to economics theory by mathematical programming Introduction to electricity economics

  6. Overview of the course • Main themes • Introduction to electricity and hydropower • The formulation of a dynamic social planning problem • Understanding price changes over time • Multiple hydro plants and aggregation • Introducing thermal generating capacity • Trade between countries • Transmission network • Market power • Uncertainty Introduction to electricity economics

  7. Electricity • One of the key goods in a modern economy • Supply and demand must be in continuous physical equilibrium • Key variables • Power (kW) • Energy (kWh) • Volt Introduction to electricity economics

  8. The use of electricity in Norwegian households Introduction to electricity economics

  9. Load curves for consumption Introduction to electricity economics

  10. Load-duration curve MWh 21000 18000 15000 12000 9000 6000 3000 0 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 8760 Hours Introduction to electricity economics

  11. Hydropower • The dynamics of water accumulation: Rt  Rt-1 + wt – rt ,t =1,..,T • Reservoir, stock of water R • Inflows w • Releases r • Inequality implies overflow • Converting water from the dam to electricity eHt  (1/a)rt • Fabrication coefficient a assumed to be constant Introduction to electricity economics

  12. Storage and production of hydropower in Norway 2003 Introduction to electricity economics

  13. The objective function: Maximising consumer plus producer surplus etH: consumption of hydropower in period t pt(etH): demand function on price form, period t Discrete time, period from hour, week, month, season, year Variable production costs zero Illustration of the objective function Area under the demand curve A social planning problem pt(etH) etH 0 Introduction to electricity economics

  14. A social planning problem, cont. • Reservoir dynamics in energy variables • Assuming equality in the production function • All variables expressed in energy units by deflating with the fabrication coefficient Introduction to electricity economics

  15. A social planning problem, cont. Introduction to electricity economics

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