Lesson 1, Topic 1
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How the Spot Market Works
- Generators submit offers ($/MWh) every 5 minutes
- AEMO orders offers from least to most expensive & determines which generators are dispatched
- AEMO dispatches electricity every 5 minutes
- Electricity is supplied by the lowest cost mix of generators
- For ‘settlement’, the $/MWh accepted is then averaged over 30 minutes
- the spot price for a 30 minute trading interval is the average of the six dispatch interval prices
- All generators dispatched in that trading interval receive the spot price