Interface BalancingMarket


  • public interface BalancingMarket
    Interface that defines the publicly accessible methods a Power TAC balancing market has to implement.
    Author:
    John Collins
    • Method Detail

      • getMarketBalance

        double getMarketBalance​(Broker broker)
        Returns the market balance for a given broker.
      • getRegulation

        double getRegulation​(Broker broker)
        Returns the net regulation energy (positive for up-regulation, negative for down-regulation) for a given broker.
      • getPPlusPrime

        Double getPPlusPrime()
        Returns the slope of cost curve for up-regulation. Total cost for up-regulation by x kwh is pPlus + x * pPlusPrime. Note that x is positive for up-regulation.
      • getPMinusPrime

        Double getPMinusPrime()
        Returns the slope of cost curve for down-regulation. Total cost for down-regulation by x kwh is pMinus + x * pMinusPrime. Note that x is negative for down-regulation.
      • getBalancingCost

        Double getBalancingCost()
        Returns the per-timeslot charge for running the balancing market
      • getDefaultSpotPrice

        Double getDefaultSpotPrice()
        Returns the value used for spot price per MWh if unavailable from wholesale market.