On June 19, 2018, as part of the preparations for the introduction of the electric power market since 2019, simulated trading capacity for the Western Zone of the Unified Electric Power System of Kazakhstan (UES) was conducted. This work is aimed at a large-scale explanation to the participants of the forthcoming functioning of the electric power market and testing of the software product of “KOREM” JSC.
Simulation trading capacity for the Western zone of the UES was conducted with the following initial parameters:
- the maximum tariff is 700 thousand tenge / MW;
- the purchased capacity at the auction - 471 MW;
- delivery period - from 01/01/2019 to 31/12/2019.
During the simulated trades with the capacity of energy producing organizations, 9 bids were submitted for the sale of services for maintaining the readiness of electric power, with a total volume of 993 MW.
As a result of the trading session, the Single Purchaser concluded 8 deals, with a total volume of 471 MW, not sold volume was 522 MW. Weighted average price for the Western zone of the UES was 696 thousand Tenge / MWт.
Press service of the Ministry of Energy of the RK