A GARCH forecasting model to predict day-ahead electricity prices

Price forecasting is becoming increasingly relevant to producers and consumers in the new competitive electric power markets. Both for spot markets and long-term contracts, price forecasts are necessary to develop bidding strategies or negotiation skills in order to maximize profits. This paper provides an approach to predict next-day electricity prices based on the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedastic (GARCH) methodology that is already being used to analyze time series data in general. A detailed explanation of GARCH models is presented and empirical results from the mainland Spain and California deregulated electricity-markets are discussed.

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