Locational Marginal Price
The real time pricing of electricity at many points across PJM’s grid makes it possible for wholesale power markets to function. This pricing, also known as Locational Marginal Pricing, or LMP, is newly explained in an updated fact sheet at pjm.com.
The locational marginal price (LMP) at some particular point in the grid measures the marginal cost of delivering an additional unit of electric energy (i.e., a marginal MWh) to that location. Figure 6.9: Two-node network. Locational Marginal Price or “LMP” shall mean the market price for energy at a given location in a Party’s Control Area, calculated in accordance with the requirements of the Party’s tariff, and “Locational Marginal Pricing” shall mean the processes related to the determination of the LMP. Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3. Within each price zone, ATS determines equilibrium prices per node of the calculation model following the Locational Marginal Pricing approach (Kuleshov et al., 2012). In order to ensure that commercial transactions on the day-ahead market match the technical reality of the system, ATS works closely together with the System Operator. The formal definition is that the Locational Marginal Price (LMP) at some node k in the network is the marginal cost to the RTO of delivering an additional unit of energy to node k. Relatedly, we sometimes define the 'transmission price' or 'congestion cost' between two nodes j and k in the network as the difference in LMPs between the two nodes.
A global standard for energy markets and operations, LMP was introduced at PJM in 1998. The concept pioneered a new way of accurately reflecting the cost of making and delivering electricity in real time. The formula for LMP incorporates many factors, including the costs of generation and transmission.
Knowing how much electricity costs at any given point allows market participants to make prudent decisions about investment, resulting in greater reliability, innovation and market liquidity. LMP also illustrates system congestion at a glance. This knowledge assists PJM operators as they safely dispatch the flow of power wherever it is needed at the lowest cost.
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