Table 3 Cost and profit of the aggregator in case 1 and case 2.a

Day-ahead energy cost (€)

3171.368

5297.005

Reserve capacity profit (€)

0

1482.188

Real-time energy cost (€)

0

0

Reserve deployment profit (€)

0

6518.583

Unsupplied reserve penalty cost (€)

0

0

Satisfaction cost (€)

1654.948

2176.828

Natural gas and operational and start-up/shut-down cost (€)

4255.700

5633.999

Total cost of the aggregator (€)

9082.017

5107.061