Measuring the Benefits of Greater Spatial Granularity in Short-Term Pricing in Wholesale Electricity Markets
利用加州电力市场数据，研究了实施节点边际定价后，短期能源定价中更大空间粒度对发电单元启动次数、总能耗和运营成本的影响，发现总能耗和运营成本均下降超过2%。
Hourly generation unit-level output levels, detailed information on the technological characteristics of generation units, and daily delivered natural gas prices to all generation units for the California wholesale electricity market before and after the implementation of locational marginal pricing are used to measure the impact of introducing greater spatial granularity in short-term energy pricing. The average hourly number of generation unit starts increases, but both the total hourly energy consumed and total hourly operating costs for all natural gas-fired generation units fall by more than 2 percent after the implementation of locational marginal pricing.