Ware, Antony FrankChan, Erik2020-01-032020-01-032019-12Chan, E. (2019). Market Power in Electricity Markets (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca.http://hdl.handle.net/1880/111422Electricity markets exhibit unique price dynamics not found elsewhere in other commodity markets. Characteristics such as limited storability, highly inelastic demand, and physical laws requiring continuous production to match consumption cause erratic price dynamics and short periods of extremely high prices known as spikes. We create a diffusion model under the assumption that a participating firm controls sufficient production capacity can significantly increase the spot price by bidding according to a strategy defined by a decision curve. We then extend Barlow's diffusion model to incorporate the decision curve and show results.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.Market PowerElectricity MarketsStochastic Differential EquationsEducation--Mathematicsmaster thesis10.11575/PRISM/37399