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Lessons Learned from Energy Imbalance Market Benefit Study. WECC TASMWG Webinar December 5, 2011. Arne Olson, Partner Jack Moore, Sr. Consultant. Project Goals and Approach.
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Lessons Learned from Energy Imbalance Market Benefit Study WECC TASMWG Webinar December 5, 2011 Arne Olson, Partner Jack Moore, Sr. Consultant
Project Goals and Approach • Overall Goal:Estimate the societal benefits of implementing an EIM throughout the West (excluding CAISO and AESO) • Approach:Calculate Production Cost Savings • GridView production simulation runs for each case • Identified $141MM in EIM Benefits for 2020; $50MM for 2009 Societal Benefit of EIM West-wide production cost without EIM West-wide production cost with EIM - = (Benchmark Case) (EIM Case)
Methodology Summary • Greatest modeling focus on potential changes under EIM compared to status quo (Benchmark Case): • Benchmark Case includes “hurdle rates” intended to represent economic and non-economic barriers to trade across WECC interfaces; hurdle rates are removed for EIM Case • Benchmark Case has higher requirements for flexibility reserves needed to accommodate output of variable generation • EIM Case has EIM-wide procurement of flexibility reserves
1. Setting Hurdle Rates • “Hurdle Rates” are price adders, in $/MWh, that production simulation models use to inhibit trade between zones • EIM analysis set hurdle rates to reflect many real-life impediments to trade • Point-to-point transmission rates across interfaces • Pancaked losses • Inefficiencies due to illiquid markets • Need to use resources to serve native load • “Benchmarked” hurdle rates such that 2006 simulation results in flows across key interfaces that are similar to actual 2006 path flows • Start with OATT rate schedules & losses • Adjust as feasible to improve simulation of historical flows • Try to reduce all other (non-hurdle rate) simulation differences from historical year before adjusting hurdle rates
Zones in Benchmark Case and Monitored Paths Used for Hurdle Rate Calibration (Shown with Phase 2 zone map) Zone 1 Zone 2 Northwest-BC (P3) MT-Northwest (P8) ID-Northwest (P14) Bridger West (P19) MT-ID(P18) Path C(P20) Tot 3 (P36) IPPDC(P27) COI (P66) PDCI (P65) Tot 2B (P34) Tot 2A(P31) Tot 2C (P35) No. NM(P48) West of River (P46) EOR (P49) So. NM(P47)
Seasonal Benchmarking:Average Path Transfers during HLH Phase 2 Simulation 2006 Historical Flows Phase 1 Simulation
2. Modified conventional reserve requirement assumptions • Reserve needs in Gridview must be met with committed units, so are more closely the equivalent to needs for regulation & spinning contingency reserves. • For Phase 2: reserve need set at 4% (~1% for reg + 3% for spin) • Assumes sufficient capacity available from hydro units & CTs not requiring day ahead commitment to cover the 2-3% non-spin needs • Unloaded Hydro Capacity in TEPPC & final E3 analysis provided reserves equal to monthly capacity max minus hourly output *Note: Generator ramp rate constraints enforced in all cases for reserve needs. Simulation holds regulation and contingency reserves requirements even in dispatch.
2. Conventional Reserve Procurement Areas used Zone 1 Zone 2 Area 1 Area 2 Area 3 Area 4 Area 5 Area 6 13 Benchmark Case & EIM Case:Conventional reserve procurement split between Zone and Area level • Fixed portion of conventional reserves procured from resources physically located in Zone (1 of 24) • Can procure remaining portion of requirement from resources physically located within the broader Procurement Area (1 of 7) Area 7 *Note: Simultaneous implementation of reserve requirements at multiple levels of geographic aggregation required development of Gridview software customization
3. Implementing NREL Flexibility Reserve Requirements • E3 treated conventional reserves separately, so Jack King calculated flexibility reserve requirements specific for accommodating wind & solar (excluded load-related requirements) • “Supplemental” category ignored: Assumed fast ramping gas & hydro could provide without needing to force day-ahead commitment of extra generation
Flexibility Reserves: Benchmark Case vs. EIM • NREL provided hourly flexibility reserve needs • To address hour-ahead uncertainty and variability of resources & loads • Reflects wind & solar diversity across EIM footprint • Average of 45% reduction vs. Benchmark case Average Hourly Reserve needs for Zones in EIM Footprint (*Excludes CAISO + AESO)
Flexibility Reserves: Benchmark Case vs. EIM • NREL provided hourly flexibility reserve needs • To address hour-ahead uncertainty and variability of resources & loads • Reflects wind & solar diversity across EIM footprint • Average of 45% reduction vs. Benchmark case Average Hourly Reserve needs for Zones in EIM Footprint (*Excludes CAISO + AESO)
Lessons & Potential Areas for additional TEPPC modeling • Implementation of Flexibility Reserves • Consider whether to include non-spin requirement • Treat conventional reserve requirements separately from flex (layered) vs. use integrated NREL calculation • Test assumed reserves quantities provided by hydro facilities • Also could consider hurdle rate update • Use tariff + losses only vs. benchmark to incorporate lack of information & other impediments to trade that happen in status quo
Thank You! Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3)101 Montgomery Street, Suite 1600San Francisco, CA 94104Tel 415-391-5100Web http://www.ethree.com Arne Olson, Partner (arne@ethree.com)Jack Moore, Sr. Consultant (jack@ethree.com)
Hurdle Rates Used for Phase 2 Study Benchmark Case Hurdle Rates (2010 $/MWh) Difference from Tariff Rate + Losses Benchmark Case Hurdle Rates (2010 $/MWh) Difference from Tariff Rate + Losses Note: In EIM Case, hurdle rates shown in blue text above are applied during unit commitment but set to zero during dispatch. Rates in gold text (related to a zone not participating in the EIM) are maintained during both unit commitment and dispatch.
Hurdle Rates Used for Phase 2 Study (continued) Additional Hurdle Rates (continued from previous slide) Benchmark Case Hurdle Rates (2010 $/MWh) Difference from Tariff Rate + Losses • Phase 2 calibrated bidirectional hurdle rates for 64 different interfaces (vs. 25 in Phase 1) • For new interfaces for Phase 2 (esp. in NW and AZ) stayed close to OATT tariff rates unless flow results available to indicate otherwise • In calibration, added $2-8 premium to tariff rates to reduce certain flows: • N-S flows on East side • MT/ID into NW • CA imports • For PACE->CA, used large hurdle rate to make flows resemble 2006 actual when IPP gen is offline Note: In EIM Case, hurdle rates shown in blue text above are applied during unit commitment but set to zero during dispatch.
Conventional Reserve Requirements - Zone vs. Area • Determined shares based on aggregation of feedback from discussions with EDTTRS members • Hoover Dam is important component Southwest & CA regions reserve procurement • E3 allocated Hoover reserve flexibility between zones (CAISO, LADWP, NEVP, SRP, APS, WALC) based on reserve procurement rights & ownership share information • Each zone’s allocated Hoover share counts as “within zone“ generation for reserve fulfillment