{"title":"Why the ERCOT ORDC Splatters on the 2,000 MW Cliff: A Mathematical and Graphical Explanation","authors":"Richard Wakeland","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3188518","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) operating reserve demand curve (ORDC) is a complex mathematical tool used as the ERCOT market’s scarcity pricing mechanism. For it to be improved, it must first be understood. This work explains why the curve does not produce a loss of load probability equal to 1.0 when reserve level equals zero or the administratively imposed zero at the minimum contingency level (MCL or X).","PeriodicalId":172652,"journal":{"name":"ERN: Market Structure (Topic)","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2018-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ERN: Market Structure (Topic)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3188518","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) operating reserve demand curve (ORDC) is a complex mathematical tool used as the ERCOT market’s scarcity pricing mechanism. For it to be improved, it must first be understood. This work explains why the curve does not produce a loss of load probability equal to 1.0 when reserve level equals zero or the administratively imposed zero at the minimum contingency level (MCL or X).