Hierarchical Game Model Incorporating Cooperation for Electric Generating System Development—Resource Supply and Public Participation

Abstract

Incorporating the social siting concern and efficient utilization of limited resource, the present paper represents hierarchical game models for the electric generating system development. The interperiod balances in electric generating capacity and resource supply are firstly investigated. Several evaluation factors such as cost and siting concern are secondly introduced. The integrated problem of electric generating system development and resource supply is then formulated as multi-level multifollower Stackelberg games, where the noncooperative and cooperative approaches to the public participation are investigated from the point of view of social siting concern. Characteristics of the models are investigated by simulation analyses. The model provides various interaction analyses between energy, environment and resource problems in the electric generating system development.