Title:
Financial and computational models in electricity markets

dc.contributor.advisor Deng, Shijie
dc.contributor.author Xu, Li
dc.contributor.committeeMember Thomas, Valerie M.
dc.contributor.committeeMember Hackman, Steve
dc.contributor.committeeMember Sun, Andy
dc.contributor.committeeMember Meliopolos, A. P. Sakis
dc.contributor.department Industrial and Systems Engineering
dc.date.accessioned 2014-05-22T15:28:12Z
dc.date.available 2014-05-22T15:28:12Z
dc.date.created 2014-05
dc.date.issued 2014-03-25
dc.date.submitted May 2014
dc.date.updated 2014-05-22T15:28:12Z
dc.description.abstract This dissertation is dedicated to study the design and utilization of financial contracts and pricing mechanisms for managing the demand/price risks in electricity markets and the price risks in carbon emission markets from different perspectives. We address the issues pertaining to the efficient computational algorithms for pricing complex financial options which include many structured energy financial contracts and the design of economic mechanisms for managing the risks associated with increasing penetration of renewable energy resources and with trading emission allowance permits in the restructured electric power industry. To address the computational challenges arising from pricing exotic energy derivatives designed for various hedging purposes in electricity markets, we develop a generic computational framework based on a fast transform method, which attains asymptotically optimal computational complexity and exponential convergence. For the purpose of absorbing the variability and uncertainties of renewable energy resources in a smart grid, we propose an incentive-based contract design for thermostatically controlled loads (TCLs) to encourage end users' participation as a source of DR. Finally, we propose a market-based approach to mitigate the emission permit price risks faced by generation companies in a cap-and-trade system. Through a stylized economic model, we illustrate that the trading of properly designed financial options on emission permits reduces permit price volatility and the total emission reduction cost.
dc.description.degree Ph.D.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/51849
dc.language.iso en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology
dc.subject Option pricing
dc.subject Convolution
dc.subject Affine jump diffusion
dc.subject Demand response
dc.subject Thermostatically controlled load
dc.subject Contract design
dc.subject Model predictive control
dc.subject Renewable energy
dc.subject Emission permit
dc.subject Volatility mitigation
dc.subject.lcsh Electric utilities
dc.subject.lcsh Conservation of natural resources Economic aspects.
dc.title Financial and computational models in electricity markets
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Dissertation
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.advisor Deng, Shijie
local.contributor.corporatename H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering
local.contributor.corporatename College of Engineering
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thesis.degree.level Doctoral
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