Investigation of the impacts of energy-saving dispatching on generation companies

The employment of energy-saving dispatching could reduce energy consumption and pollution emissions. The State Development and Reform Commission of China issued the policy of energy-saving generation dispatching, and it is expected that this dispatching scheme will be implemented in China soon. In this dispatching scheme, the ranking of generation dispatching will be based on the energy consumption and pollutant emission levels of different kinds of generation units, representing a significant change from the current dispatching practice in which each generation unit is allocated almost average utilization hours. Hence, the qualitative analysis of the impacts of this new dispatching scheme on the economical benefit of generation companies is a very important issue of extensive concern by itself. In this work, an effort is made to investigate the comprehensive impacts of the energy-saving dispatching scheme on generation companies. Simulations based on a sample example are employed for demonstration. Finally, some important problems to be studied are addressed from the viewpoint of generation companies.