Trading Electricity

[quantmenot]

Hi, does anybody trade electricity, and can point me to a primer and an exchange (or a derivatives exchange) where you can physically trade electricity? I can't quite find them online.

 

[Qui-Gon]

https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/global-power-futures.html

 

[quantmenot]

https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/energy/global-power-futures.html

Is there an exchange where you can directly trade electricity?

 

[Andy Zhang]

ISOs (independent system operators)?

RTOs and ISOs

Regional Transmission Organizations/Independent System Operators Independent System Operators (ISO) grew out of Orders Nos.

www.ferc.gov

 

[Ken Abbott]

ISOs (independent system operators)?

RTOs and ISOs

Regional Transmission Organizations/Independent System Operators Independent System Operators (ISO) grew out of Orders Nos.

www.ferc.gov

Andy is spot-on. Many ISOs / RTOs have training material available.
PJM - Training

 

[Frankster]

Hi, does anybody trade electricity, and can point me to a primer and an exchange (or a derivatives exchange) where you can physically trade electricity? I can't quite find them online.

Hi there! Still looking for one?
Funny enough, I'm looking for that as well. Until now, nothing have pop-up yet as a product or platform. I know people that have tried to workout something a couple of years ago, but prices where too stable and too low for creating any attractive product.
Now it's another story. Prices are getting more and more volatile in Europe due to the increasing proportion of renewable energy, and it'll just get more and more volatile. It'll be just a mater of time until a product adapted to individual traders comes out.
How did you en up looking for electricity trading?