A Game-Theoretical Scheme in the Smart Grid With Demand-Side Management: Towards a Smart Cyber-Physical Power Infrastructure
Open Access
- 16 July 2013
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing
- Vol. 1 (1), 22-32
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tetc.2013.2273457
Abstract
The smart grid is becoming one of the fundamental cyber-physical systems due to the employment of information and communication technology. In the smart grid, demand-side management (DSM) based on real-time pricing is an important mechanism for improving the reliability of the grid. Electricity retailers in the smart grid can procure electricity from various supply sources, and then sell it to the customers. Therefore, it is critical for retailers to make effective procurement and price decisions. In this paper, we propose a novel game-theoretical decision-making scheme for electricity retailers in the smart grid using real-time pricing DSM. We model and analyze the interactions between the retailer and electricity customers as a four-stage Stackelberg game. In the first three stages, the electricity retailer, as the Stackelberg leader, makes decisions on which electricity sources to procure electricity from, how much electricity to procure, and the optimal retail price to offer to the customers, to maximize its profit. In the fourth stage, the customers, who are the followers in the Stackelberg game, adjust their individual electricity demand to maximize their individual utility. Simulation results show that the retailer and customers can achieve a higher profit and higher utility using our proposed decision-making scheme. We also analyze how the system parameters affect the procurement and price decisions in the proposed decision-making scheme.Keywords
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