Building IT infrastructure for market players in Japan

Author

Nagase, Takayuki ; Marmiroli, Marta

Author_Institution

Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Japan

fYear

2004

fDate

10-13 Oct. 2004

Firstpage

1707

Abstract

The Japanese electricity market is characterized by some peculiarities that reflect the Japanese energy situation and power system configuration. For this reason, a number of market participants are now developing the IT infrastructure for trading floors in house with the support of Japanese software suppliers. This presentation focuses on the special needs of market participants in Japan and on the Mitsubishi approach for developing trading-floor solutions for the Japanese market. After a brief introduction of the Japanese market, the presentation will explore the following key issues: daily workflow for market participants and IT requirements to support this workflow, functions supported by the trading floor and software tools that have been implemented. Basic infrastructure and the integration process is needed to build an efficient trading floor is discussed.

Keywords

marketing; power markets; power system analysis computing; IT infrastructure; Japanese electricity market; Japanese software suppliers; Mitsubishi approach; integration process; market participants; power system configuration; software tools; trading floor; trading-floor solutions; workflow; Communication industry; Electrical equipment industry; Energy management; Environmental management; Forward contracts; Internet; Load management; Power industry; Power markets; Power supplies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Systems Conference and Exposition, 2004. IEEE PES

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8718-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PSCE.2004.1397603

Filename

1397603