Market-Oriented Reform of Electricity Distribution Networks: Mechanism Design, Pricing Innovation, and Market Efficiency
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Industrial Electronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2026 | Viewed by 389
Special Issue Editors
Interests: electricity market mechanism design; strategic bidding of market participants, virtual power plant; electricity–carbon market coupling
Interests: shared energy storage trading mechanism; peer-to-peer trading mechanism; strategic bidding of market participants; virtual power plant
Interests: microgrids; distribution network; distributed control
Interests: power systems economics; prosumer community; agent-based modelling
Interests: intelligent power systems; cyber-physical security; demand response; resilient control; distributed control; power quality
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electricity distribution networks are a critical component of modern power systems and are increasingly challenged by the transition toward market-oriented operation, high penetration of distributed renewable energy, and the rapid growth of flexible resources and new market participants. Traditionally operating under cost-based regulation, distribution networks are now expected to actively support competitive market mechanisms while ensuring secure, efficient, and fair system operation. This transition raises fundamental questions regarding mechanism design, pricing innovation, and market efficiency under distribution-level network constraints.
This Special Issue, entitled “Market-Oriented Reform of Electricity Distribution Networks: Mechanism Design, Pricing Innovation, and Market Efficiency,” aims to provide a focused forum for addressing these challenges. It seeks to explore how appropriate market mechanisms and innovative pricing schemes can be designed to coordinate physical distribution networks with economic decision-making, guide participant behavior, and enhance overall market efficiency. In particular, the interaction between network constraints, price signals, and strategic behavior at the distribution level is a central theme of this collection.
This Special Issue focuses on, but is not limited to, the following topics:
- Design of market-oriented mechanisms for electricity distribution networks;
- Pricing and tariff innovation for transmission and distribution networks;
- Distribution-level congestion management and cost allocation;
- Integration and aggregation of distributed energy resources, flexible loads, and virtual power plants;
- Strategic behavior of market participants and market efficiency analysis;
- Coordination between transmission and distribution markets;
- Regulatory and policy frameworks supporting distribution network reform.
Dr. Xueshan Lin
Dr. He Meng
Dr. Hao Li
Dr. Tao Huang
Prof. Dr. Shaohua Yang
Dr. Yiyao Zhou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electricity distribution networks
- market-oriented reform
- mechanism design
- pricing innovation
- market efficiency
- distribution-level markets
- distributed energy resources
- virtual power plants
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