Course Category: Introductory courses

In this course I’ll be walking through the basics of electricity markets, explaining how electricity is generated, traded and transported to the homes and businesses that use it. You’ll hear about the key players in the market and how the current market structure evolved.

This course covers the basics of how electricity is traded, explaining how electricity is bought and sold in the wholesale markets whether bilaterally or on regulated exchanges, how National Grid, the Electricity System Operator buys and sells electricity in the Balancing Mechanism, and the Imbalance and Settlements process.