The Impact of Forecasting Jumps on Forecasting Electricity Prices
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Department of Econometrics and Operations Research, Cracow University of Economics, 27 Rakowicka Street, 31-510 Cracow, Poland
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Department of Statistics, Cracow University of Economics, 27 Rakowicka Street, 31-510 Cracow, Poland
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Energies 2021, 14(2), 336; https://doi.org/10.3390/en14020336
Received: 16 November 2020 / Revised: 4 January 2021 / Accepted: 5 January 2021 / Published: 9 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Energy Demand and Prices)
The paper is devoted to forecasting hourly day-ahead electricity prices from the perspective of the existence of jumps. We compare the results of different jump detection techniques and identify common features of electricity price jumps. We apply the jump-diffusion model with a double exponential distribution of jump sizes and explanatory variables. In order to improve the accuracy of electricity price forecasts, we take into account the time-varying intensity of price jump occurrences. We forecast moments of jump occurrences depending on several factors, including seasonality and weather conditions, by means of the generalised ordered logit model. The study is conducted on the basis of data from the Nord Pool power market. The empirical results indicate that the model with the time-varying intensity of jumps and a mechanism of jump prediction is useful in forecasting electricity prices for peak hours, i.e., including the probabilities of downward, no or upward jump occurrences into the model improves the forecasts of electricity prices.
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Keywords:
electricity prices; forecasting; jumps; jump-diffusion model; generalised ordered logit model; time-varying jump intensity
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Kostrzewski, M.; Kostrzewska, J. The Impact of Forecasting Jumps on Forecasting Electricity Prices. Energies 2021, 14, 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14020336
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Kostrzewski M, Kostrzewska J. The Impact of Forecasting Jumps on Forecasting Electricity Prices. Energies. 2021; 14(2):336. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14020336
Chicago/Turabian StyleKostrzewski, Maciej; Kostrzewska, Jadwiga. 2021. "The Impact of Forecasting Jumps on Forecasting Electricity Prices" Energies 14, no. 2: 336. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14020336
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