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Modeling and Forecasting
Electricity Loads and Prices
A Statistical Approach
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Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
1 ComplexElectricityMarkets 1
1.1 Liberalization 1
1.2 TheMarketplace 3
1.2.1 PowerPoolsandPowerExchanges 3
1.2.2 NodalandZonalPricing 6
1.2.3 MarketStructure 7
1.2.4 TradedProducts 7
1.3 Europe 9
1.3.1 TheEnglandandWalesElectricityMarket 9
1.3.2 TheNordicMarket 11
1.3.3 PriceSettingatNordPool 11
1.3.4 ContinentalEurope 13
1.4 NorthAmerica 18
1.4.1 PJMInterconnection 19
1.4.2 CaliforniaandtheElectricityCrisis 20
1.4.3 AlbertaandOntario 21
1.5 AustraliaandNewZealand 22
1.6 Summary 23
1.7 FurtherReading 23
2 StylizedFactsofElectricityLoadsandPrices 25
2.1 Introduction 25
2.2 PriceSpikes 25
2.2.1 CaseStudy:TheJune1998CinergyPriceSpike 28
2.2.2 WhenSupplyMeetsDemand 29
2.2.3 WhatisCausingtheSpikes? 32
2.2.4 TheDefinition 32
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2.3 Seasonality 32
2.3.1 MeasuringSerialCorrelation 36
2.3.2 SpectralAnalysisandthePeriodogram 39
2.3.3 CaseStudy:SeasonalBehaviorofElectricity
PricesandLoads 40
2.4 SeasonalDecomposition 41
2.4.1 Differencing 42
2.4.2 MeanorMedianWeek 44
2.4.3 MovingAverageTechnique 44
2.4.4 AnnualSeasonalityandSpectralDecomposition 44
2.4.5 RollingVolatilityTechnique 45
2.4.6 CaseStudy:RollingVolatilityinPractice 46
2.4.7 WaveletDecomposition 47
2.4.8 CaseStudy:WaveletFilteringofNordPoolHourly
SystemPrices 49
2.5 MeanReversion 49
2.5.1 R/SAnalysis 50
2.5.2 DetrendedFluctuationAnalysis 52
2.5.3 PeriodogramRegression 53
2.5.4 AverageWaveletCoefficient 53
2.5.5 CaseStudy:Anti-persistenceofElectricityPrices 54
2.6 DistributionsofElectricityPrices 56
2.6.1 StableDistributions 56
2.6.2 HyperbolicDistributions 58
2.6.3 CaseStudy:DistributionofEEXSpotPrices 59
2.6.4 FurtherEmpiricalEvidenceandPossibleApplications 62
2.7 Summary 64
2.8 FurtherReading 64
3 ModelingandForecastingElectricityLoads 67
3.1 Introduction 67
3.2 FactorsAffectingLoadPatterns 69
3.2.1 CaseStudy:DealingwithMissingValuesandOutliers 69
3.2.2 TimeFactors 71
3.2.3 WeatherConditions 71
3.2.4 CaseStudy:CaliforniaWeathervsLoad 72
3.2.5 OtherFactors 74
3.3 OverviewofArtificialIntelligence-BasedMethods 75
3.4 StatisticalMethods 78
3.4.1 Similar-DayMethod 79
3.4.2 ExponentialSmoothing 79
3.4.3 RegressionMethods 81
3.4.4 AutoregressiveModel 82
3.4.5 AutoregressiveMovingAverageModel 83
3.4.6 ARMAModelIdentification 84
3.4.7 CaseStudy:ModelingDailyLoadsinCalifornia 86
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3.4.8 AutoregressiveIntegratedMovingAverageModel 95
3.4.9 TimeSeriesModelswithExogenousVariables 97
3.4.10 CaseStudy:ModelingDailyLoadsinCaliforniawithExogenous
Variables 98
3.5 Summary 100
3.6 FurtherReading 100
4 ModelingandForecastingElectricityPrices 101
4.1 Introduction 101
4.2 OverviewofModelingApproaches 102
4.3 StatisticalMethodsandPriceForecasting 106
4.3.1 ExogenousFactors 106
4.3.2 SpikePreprocessing 107
4.3.3 HowtoAssesstheQualityofPriceForecasts 107
4.3.4 ARMA-typeModels 109
4.3.5 TimeSeriesModelswithExogenousVariables 111
4.3.6 AutoregressiveGARCHModels 113
4.3.7 CaseStudy:ForecastingHourlyCalPXSpotPriceswith
LinearModels 114
4.3.8 CaseStudy:IsSpikePreprocessingAdvantageous? 125
4.3.9 Regime-SwitchingModels 127
4.3.10 CalibrationofRegime-SwitchingModels 132
4.3.11 CaseStudy:ForecastingHourlyCalPXSpotPriceswith
Regime-SwitchingModels 132
4.3.12 IntervalForecasts 136
4.4 QuantitativeModelsandDerivativesValuation 136
4.4.1 Jump-DiffusionModels 137
4.4.2 CalibrationofJump-DiffusionModels 139
4.4.3 CaseStudy:AMean-RevertingJump-DiffusionModelforNord
PoolSpotPrices 140
4.4.4 HybridModels 143
4.4.5 CaseStudy:Regime-SwitchingModelsforNordPoolSpotPrices 144
4.4.6 HedgingandtheUseofDerivatives 147
4.4.7 DerivativesPricingandtheMarketPriceofRisk 148
4.4.8 CaseStudy:Asian-StyleElectricityOptions 150
4.5 Summary 153
4.6 FurtherReading 154
Bibliography 157
SubjectIndex 171
Description:This book offers an in-depth and up-to-date review of different statistical tools that can be used to analyze and forecast the dynamics of two crucial for every energy company processes—electricity prices and loads. It provides coverage of seasonal decomposition, mean reversion, heavy-tailed distr