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Power

Electricity markets are fundamentally driven by time-specific demand–supply balances, where prices are set by the marginal generating unit in each time bloc

This capability focuses on assessing slot-wise market clearing prices (MCPs) over short- and long-term horizons, enabling structured evaluation of power market dynamics

The analytical approach combines:

Region- and slot-wise demand patterns

Plant-level supply availability

Fuel costs and sourcing (domestic or imported)

Capacity additions and retirements over time

Historical demand patterns and forward-looking capacity information are used to determine which generating units are likely to clear at the margin under different conditions

The objective is not point forecasting, but understanding price formation mechanisms and sensitivities across time horizons

All illustrative analysis is based on publicly available data sources.

Illustrative explorations

Selected analytical explorations may be added over time to illustrate the application of this framework under representative assumptions.