Peak & Dispatch ⚡

Power Trading — from scratch · Evolta — learn · play · evolve

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You're on the power desk.

Evolta Trading Floor

Over 12 months you'll trade power forwards, bet on gas, and lock the spark spread — the margin a gas plant earns turning gas into electricity. Press Start Season to take the first news tick. Hover any underlined term for a definition.

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Instrument	Price	Δ mo

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P&L

$5.00M

Realised P&L$0

Open P&L$0

Cash$5.00M

Margin used$0

Risk

Net exposure$0

Flat. No risk on the book.

Open Positions

No open positions.

Glossary

Power (baseload) round-the-clock electricity, $/MWh
MWh megawatt-hour — 1 MW running for 1 hour
Gas (Henry Hub) natural gas fuel, $/MMBtu
Heat rate MMBtu of gas to make 1 MWh. Lower = more efficient. Here 7.5.
Spark spread Power − (heat rate × gas) − running cost. A gas plant's margin.
Peak premium how much more daytime power costs vs the 24h average.
Capacity payment a fee for keeping a plant available, even if it rarely runs.

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This Month's P&L — Why

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