Church, JeffreyHollis, AidanAmery, Mohamed2017-12-182017-12-182007Amery, M. (2007). Procurement of ancillary services in Alberta (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/964http://hdl.handle.net/1880/101965Bibliography: p. 91-95This study proposes a procedure with which a regulator should determine the amount of ancillary service that a power generation source provides. It discusses how a regulator should decide which generator provides, say, spinning reserve during a given hour. The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) currently uses a bid process that considers only financial bids. The AESO should replace its current procedure for selecting firms to supply ancillary reserve with a system that correctly accounts for assets' correlations with total primary market availability. An improved procedure is one in which the operator collects information on the availability of the units during the hours of each day, calculates relevant statistical values, and selects the "best" firms in terms of financial bids and variability figures.viii, 95 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.engUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.master thesis10.11575/PRISM/964