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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2003
Joseph H. Yan, Arcadia, CA (US);
Peter B. Luh, Storrs, CT (US);
Gary A. Stern, Monrovia, CA (US);
William E. Blankson, Columbia, CT (US);
Ernan NI, Berlin, CT (US);
Ying Chen, Coventry, CT (US);
Feng Zhao, Storrs, CT (US);
Yaming MA, Ashford, CT (US);
Joseph H. Yan, Arcadia, CA (US);
Peter B. Luh, Storrs, CT (US);
Gary A. Stern, Monrovia, CA (US);
William E. Blankson, Columbia, CT (US);
Ernan Ni, Berlin, CT (US);
Ying Chen, Coventry, CT (US);
Feng Zhao, Storrs, CT (US);
Yaming Ma, Ashford, CT (US);
Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, CA (US);
The University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a market clearing price ('MCP') in an electricity market, in which an objective function relates the MCP and constraints in terms of a nonlinear programming expression, and the MCP is found by resolving an augmented Lagrangian dual function using a surrogate optimization framework. A system is also provided.