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Incremental wind energy development in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator electricity markets of the United States

Han Qi et al.

Journal of Energy Markets2023https://doi.org/10.21314/jem.2023.024article
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In this paper we project how much incremental wind energy development may occur without causing inadequate investment incentives (also known as missing money) for wind generation and natural-gas-fired generation in the day-ahead market and real-time market of the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) in the United States. Using a large sample of hourly data for the 82-month period of January 1, 2014 to October 31, 2020, we document that the day-ahead market’s hourly investment incentives move with the day-ahead forecast of daily natural gas prices; MISO’s day-ahead hourly requirements of ancillary services; MISO’s zonal day-ahead hourly schedules of nuclear generation, wind generation and must-run generation; and MISO’s zonal day-ahead forecasts of hourly loads. Findings based on the real-time market’s hourly data tell a similar story. Further, the negative effect of incremental wind energy development on investment incentives over the forward-looking period of 2023–42 is offset by the positive effect of a rising natural gas price, nuclear plant retirement, declining must-run generation and growing demand. In the extreme case of nuclear plant retirement and zero must-run generation, incremental wind energy development of up to around 441% of the existing level of wind generation may occur as a market-based outcome without missing money in MISO’s day-ahead market.

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@article{han2023,
  title        = {{Incremental wind energy development in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator electricity markets of the United States}},
  author       = {Han Qi et al.},
  journal      = {Journal of Energy Markets},
  year         = {2023},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.21314/jem.2023.024},
}

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