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Electricity markets and their Electricity markets and their key key players players Rudi Hakvoort Rudi Hakvoort Learning objectives To describe the electricity market To explain how the market price is determined in an electricity


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Electricity markets and their key players

Rudi Hakvoort

Electricity markets and their key players

Rudi Hakvoort

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  • To describe the electricity market
  • To explain how the market price is determined

in an electricity market

Learning objectives

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What defines how many products are produced and how many products are sold or consumed?

Consumers

Demand Curve

Producers

Supply Curve

Key players

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Consumer demand is indicated by the concept of ‘willingness- to-pay’ for their product. Consumers buy a product whenever their willingness to pay is higher than the price

Consumers

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PRICE P* QUANTITY Q*

Demand Curve

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Producers sell a product when their production costs are lower than the price Producer behaviour depends on:

  • Production costs
  • Number of companies

competing in the market

Producer

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PRICE

GENERATION CAPACITY

Supply Curve

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Demand curve

Market clearing price

Supply curve

Supply and demand

PRICE

GENERATION CAPACITY

Market clearing volume

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The price paid by consumers is lower than their willingness-to-pay. The price received by producers is higher than the production costs.

Market clearing