Research on the collaborative operation mode and market price incentive mechanism for the power industry chain

TAN Qingbo; XING Da; ZHAO Erdong; TAN Zhongfu

doi:10.13202/j.cnki.cer.2026.01.07

Abstract：The operation of the power industry chain is not a simple combination of individual planning and operation for each link in the chain,nor a simple synthesis of planning and operation by regions.Instead,it requires the coordinated operation of wind power,solar power,thermal power,hydro power and energy storage sources,the coordinated operation of inter-regional,inter-provincial and provincial power transmission and distribution networks,and the coordinated operation of cooling,heating,electricity,gas and hydrogen energy consumption.It is necessary to break through the respective interest demands of power generators,heating companies,gas companies,power grid companies and energy storage companies.Proceeding from economic,environmental and social perspectives,we should eliminate the barriers of fragmentation of various energy types in terms of market,system and region,and improve the efficiency of comprehensive energy resources.Wind and solar power are characterized by randomness,instantaneousness and intermittency,which need to be regulated collaboratively by thermal power,hydropower,energy storage and demand response,i.e.,the provision of ancillary services.However,this will also increase the start-stop and ramping costs of regulating power sources.Therefore,a market mechanism should be established to ensure the reasonable allocation of ancillary service costs between power generation enterprises without regulation capacity and end-users.Both the upstream side of the power grid(i.e.,new energy power generation)and the downstream side(i.e.,user electricity consumption)are featured by bilateral randomness.It is essential to design an electricity price chain among new energy power generation,power grids and the user side,so as to promote the accurate absorption of new energy by users and realize the investment optimization of power generation and power grids through peak shaving and valley filling on the user side.