1 · Geography
2 · Market relationships
3 · One optimization
How the West balances power.
Explore the connections behind the market.
Map layers
Close-up · neighbors in approximate direction, not to scale · each tie definition drawn separately
1 · Geography
2 · Market relationships
3 · One optimization
Explore the connections behind the market.
Map layers
Close-up · neighbors in approximate direction, not to scale · each tie definition drawn separately
Inside a market interval
Explanatory time-compressed: one five-minute interval in about 18 seconds
An explanatory, time-compressed animation of one market interval in three stages. Controls: Play or Pause, Restart, and the three stage buttons; keys 1, 2 and 3 choose a stage, K pauses, Escape returns to the atlas.
Scenario
Generator A in Northfield is cheaper, but reaches Harbor’s demand only across one limited connection.
Invented teaching inputs for two fictional areas and two generators. Not CAISO results, participant operations, savings or settlement charges. It shows a capacity limit on a commercial transfer, not how electrical power flows.