WECC and NPCC Electricity Market Economic Data for Simulation Studies

2021-2022 economic data for the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) and Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) systems, developed by Professor Fangxing Fran Li and PhD student Qiwei Zhang at The University of Tennessee. This dataset supports electricity economic simulation studies, such as economic dispatch and LMP calculation. It is based on real-world grid operational data and includes information on generator aggregation, fuel cost, generator capacity, and line rating.

Use Cases

• Simulating economic dispatch based on generator capacity and fuel cost data.
• Calculating locational marginal pricing (LMP) based on grid operational data.
• Analyzing generator aggregation strategies for the WECC and NPCC systems.
• Modeling fuel cost impacts on power grid operations.

Strengths

• Based on real-world grid operational data for the WECC and NPCC systems.
• Developed by academic researchers at The University of Tennessee, with a corresponding 2023 paper in Scientific Data.
• Specifically designed for electricity economic simulation studies like economic dispatch and LMP calculation.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Professor Fangxing Fran Li and PhD student Qiwei Zhang at The University of Tennessee.

Collection Method

Developed based on real-world grid operational data.

Time Range

Developed during 2021-2022.

Geography

Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) and Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) systems in the United States.