Abstract
Understanding market participants' competitive behaviour is essential for optimising financial performance in liberalised electricity markets. However, this is challenging due to complex market structures, generation dependent on different primary energy sources and lack of transparency. This paper introduces a novel approach using power spectrum analysis applied to wholesale electricity markets to uncover hidden patterns. Applying this novel method to the Western Australian Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM) revealed periodic cycles in different fuel types and technologies that offered insights into competitor behaviour not immediately evident in the dataset. Surprisingly, the approach uncovered that in a power system with high penetration of renewable generation, there is a weak price response to demand changes, challenging assumptions about the direct link between demand and price formation. These insights could be applied gain a competitive edge in capital investment decisions and tactical bidding behaviour.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
10-1-2023
Volume
36
Issue
8
Publication Title
The Electricity Journal
Publisher
Elsevier
School
School of Engineering
RAS ID
64742
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Comments
Maticka, M. J., & Mahmoud, T. S. (2023). Unlocking market secrets: Revealing wholesale electricity market price dynamics with a novel application of spectrum analysis. The Electricity Journal, 36(8), article 107330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tej.2023.107330