...to make reason as effective as possible requires an insight into the limitations of the powers of conscious reason
and into the assistance we obtain from processes of which we are not aware...
-Friedrich August von Hayek (Rules and Order 1983)

A Study of Wholesale Power Markets


My working papers related to wholesale power markets can be downloaded here:
1. Efficiency in Deregulated Electricity Markets: Offer Cost Minimization vs. Payment Cost Minimization Auction
2. An Experimental Study of Complex-Offer Auctions: Payment Cost Minimization vs. Offer Cost Minimization
3. Simple-Offer vs. Complex-Offer Auctions in Deregulated Electricity Markets

A Microsoft Excel spreadsheet concerning the Electricity Market Games is available here.

There are currently two java applets simulating a simple two-supplier wholesale electricity market that uses the Offer Cost Minimization (OCM) and the Payment Cost Minimization (PCM) market clearing algorithms:
OCM Game
PCM Game


This material is based upon work supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. ECS-0323685 and SES-0648937. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.