Real-time trading

In an efficient, real-time power market, low-cost generation units are dispatched ahead of those with higher operating costs, and the market price reflects balanced generation and load. Here Shulang Chen discusses the basic functions of a real-time trading desk and shows how the right trading techniques can maximise the profits and minimise the risks of generation assets

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Active buying and selling in the real-time power market by merchant generators and load-serving entities creates an efficient real-time power market, wherein generation units with lower operating costs are dispatched ahead of those with higher operating costs, as the market price serves as an invisible hand to balance generation resources and load. This article discusses the three basic functions of the real-time trading desk of a merchant generator that is a generation-only control area1 in

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