An open source test system is developed that permits the dynamic modeling of centrally-managed wholesale power markets operating over high-voltage transmission grids. In default mode, the test system models basic operations in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT): namely, centrally-managed day-ahead and real-time markets operating over successive days, with congestion handled by locational marginal pricing. These basic operational features characterize all seven U.S. energy regions organized as centrally-managed wholesale power markets. Modeled participants include dispatchable generators, load-serving entities, and non-dispatchable generation such as unfirmed wind and solar power. Users can configure a broad variety of parameters to study basic market and grid features under alternative system conditions. Users can also easily extend the test system’s Java/Python software classes to study modified or newly envisioned market and grid features. Finally, the test system is integrated with a high-level simulation framework that permits it to function as a software component within larger systems, such as multi-country systems or integrated transmission and distribution systems. Detailed test cases with 8-bus and 200-bus transmission grids are reported to illustrate these test system capabilities.

开发了一种开放源测试系统，该系统允许对在高压输电网上运行的集中管理的批发电力市场进行动态建模。在默认模式下，测试系统对德克萨斯州电力可靠性委员会（ERCOT）中的基本操作进行建模：即集中管理的日间交易市场和连续几天运行的实时市场，而交通拥堵则由位置边际定价解决。这些基本的操作特征将美国七个能源区域组织为集中管理的批发电力市场。建模参与者包括可调度发电机，负载服务实体和不可调度发电，例如未确定的风能和太阳能。用户可以配置各种参数，以研究替代系统条件下的基本市场和电网特征。用户还可以轻松扩展测试系统的Java / Python软件类，以研究经过修改或新设想的市场和网格特征。最后，测试系统与高级仿真框架集成在一起，从而使其可以在较大的系统（如多国系统或集成的传输和分配系统）中充当软件组件。报告了带有8总线和200总线传输网格的详细测试案例，以说明这些测试系统的功能。