This paper designs and models a fully decentralized peer-to-peer energy token market for small-scale prosumers using blockchain technology in a smart grid environment in the presence of the demand response program (DRP) and demurrage mechanism. As the market players, prosumers in the local...

Short-term load forecast (STLF) is an important operational function in both regulated power systems and deregulated open electricity markets. However, STLF is not easy to handle due to the nonlinear and random-like behaviors of system loads, weather conditions, and social and economic...