Price volatility forecasting using artificial neural networks in emerging electricity markets Online publication date: Thu, 07-Aug-2014
by Ahmad F. Al-Ajlouni; Hatim Y. Yamin; Ali Eyadeh
International Journal of Power and Energy Conversion (IJPEC), Vol. 3, No. 3/4, 2012
Abstract: In the adaptive short-term electricity price forecasting, it may be premature to rely solely on the hourly price forecast. The volatility of electricity price should also be analysed to provide additional insight on price forecasting. This paper proposes a price volatility module to analyse electricity price spikes and study the probability distribution of electricity price. Two methods are used to study the probability distribution of electricity price: the analytical method and the ANN method. Furthermore, ANN method is used to study the impact of line limits, line outages, generator outages, load pattern and bidding strategy on short term price forecasting, in addition to sensitivity analysis to determine the extent to which these factors impact price forecasting. Data used in this study are spot electricity prices from California market in the period which includes the crisis months where extreme volatility was observed.
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