Market Coupling Simulator (MaCSim)

MaCSim is developed by EKC and DMS Group as a web based software tool for performing the simulations of day-ahead market coupling of electricity markets.

Key features of MaCSim are:

• Integrates electricity markets in different areas on day ahead level
• Both a mechanism for trading the commodity (electricity) and an implicit cross-border capacity allocation mechanism
• Market areas and connection between them are configurable (in the manner that user can add, delete or change market areas/connections in order to customize and create the desired market coupling model)
• Electricity trade products can be represented as hourly orders and block orders
• The network constraints for the electricity trade for each hour are modelled through the ATC values (in case of transaction-based, i.e. ATC-based market coupling) or MF values (in case of Flow-based market coupling)
• Supports user roles of:
• Market Participants that can trade energy
• TSOs that can define network constraints
• Market Coupling Operator which is in charge of market coupling process
• Market Coupling Administrator which defines market areas participating in market coupling and connections between them
• Guest which is in charge for regulatory supervision of market coupling platform and process
• Detail reporting including tables with graphical representations, with relevant information regarding:
• Marginal clearing prices (MCP) for each market area and each hour
• The set of executed orders
• Revenues and profit of all participants in market coupling process
• Net export positions for each market area and each hour
• Network congestions and TSOs congestion revenues
• Total social economic welfare of market coupling process.