Distribution Locational Marginal Pricing under Generation and Network Scarcity Conditions

Zejun Ruan1, Anthony Papavasiliou1, Mehdi Madani2

  • 1Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou St, Athens, 15772 Greece.

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|December 18, 2025
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Summary

Integrating reserve scarcity pricing into distribution locational marginal prices (DLMPs) improves investment signals. Accurate pricing requires accounting for network congestion and reserve deliverability for optimal distributed energy systems.

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