Learning Prosumer Behavior in Energy Communities: Integrating Bilevel Programming and Online Learning

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Main Authors: Crowley, Bennevis, Kazempour, Jalal, Mitridati, Lesia, Alizadeh, Mahnoosh
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Published: 2025
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author Crowley, Bennevis
Kazempour, Jalal
Mitridati, Lesia
Alizadeh, Mahnoosh
author_facet Crowley, Bennevis
Kazempour, Jalal
Mitridati, Lesia
Alizadeh, Mahnoosh
contents Dynamic pricing through bilevel programming is widely used for demand response but often assumes perfect knowledge of prosumer behavior, which is unrealistic in practical applications. This paper presents a novel framework that integrates bilevel programming with online learning, specifically Thompson sampling, to overcome this limitation. The approach dynamically sets optimal prices while simultaneously learning prosumer behaviors through observed responses, eliminating the need for extensive pre-existing datasets. Applied to an energy community providing capacity limitation services to a distribution system operator, the framework allows the community manager to infer individual prosumer characteristics, including usage patterns for photovoltaic systems, electric vehicles, home batteries, and heat pumps. Numerical simulations with 25 prosumers, each represented by 10 potential signatures, demonstrate rapid learning with low regret, with most prosumer characteristics learned within five days and full convergence achieved in 100 days.
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spellingShingle Learning Prosumer Behavior in Energy Communities: Integrating Bilevel Programming and Online Learning
Crowley, Bennevis
Kazempour, Jalal
Mitridati, Lesia
Alizadeh, Mahnoosh
Optimization and Control
Dynamic pricing through bilevel programming is widely used for demand response but often assumes perfect knowledge of prosumer behavior, which is unrealistic in practical applications. This paper presents a novel framework that integrates bilevel programming with online learning, specifically Thompson sampling, to overcome this limitation. The approach dynamically sets optimal prices while simultaneously learning prosumer behaviors through observed responses, eliminating the need for extensive pre-existing datasets. Applied to an energy community providing capacity limitation services to a distribution system operator, the framework allows the community manager to infer individual prosumer characteristics, including usage patterns for photovoltaic systems, electric vehicles, home batteries, and heat pumps. Numerical simulations with 25 prosumers, each represented by 10 potential signatures, demonstrate rapid learning with low regret, with most prosumer characteristics learned within five days and full convergence achieved in 100 days.
title Learning Prosumer Behavior in Energy Communities: Integrating Bilevel Programming and Online Learning
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.18017