Transactional Structure

Infrastructures, Subsystems and formal processes that provide for the valuation, procurement, sale and measurement of Energy, Power and Essential System Services (ESS) at any Tiers/Layers of thePower System.  

This may include the Wholesale Market, Distribution Market Mechanisms (DMM), advanced Tariffs/Rates and/or other financial arrangements supported by processes including Scheduling and Dispatch Instructions. A sample of conventional and emerging examples include:  

  1. Large-scale Energy Resources participating in the Wholesale Market provide bids/offers to the Market/System Operator (MSO) who subsequently schedules the Dispatch of participating resources. 
  1. Energy Retailers and Aggregators procure services from Consumer Energy Resources (CER/DER) and other Flexible Resources (Distributed) and bid them into the Wholesale Market and/or Distribution Market Mechanisms (DMM).  
  1. Support whole-system Operational Coordination through more granular ‘market-control’ alignment to support the provision of valuable CER /DER services in the form of Electric Products in a manner that is Co-optimised across all Tiers/Layers of the system.  

Given the fast-evolving nature of power system transformation, the Future Grid Accelerator (FGA) has the status of a perpetual BETA version. Your suggestions for how each concept and definition may be enhanced are very welcome.

All feedback will be reviewed and considered for inclusion in subsequent updates.

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