Southern Regional electricity spot market
China — Guangdong; China — Guangxi; China — Yunnan; China — Guizhou; China — Hainan. Status: continuous settlement trial operating in 2025.
Wholesale design: Regional spot-market layer coordinating the five southern provinces while provincial markets and settlements remain analytically distinct.
- Market type
- Regional market overlay
- Operator
- China Southern Power Grid
- Nominal frequency
- 50 Hz
Where does energy trade in Southern Regional electricity spot market?
Energy in Southern Regional electricity spot market trades in 2 layers: regional spot and interprovincial.
What ancillary services can a battery sell in Southern Regional electricity spot market?
No ancillary-service products appear on this page for this market. That is not a finding that none exist — several markets here are overlays or dispatch arrangements, and their products sit under the markets they operate above.
Merchant revenue routes
- regional spot energy
- interprovincial energy
Technical notes
Non-additive overlay. Guangdong is also a formally operating provincial spot market.
Official sources
Market explainer
Current as of · from the Global Electricity Market Catalogue v1.2.0 (compiled to , CC BY 4.0, rendered here with wording edited for readability). Facts belong to the linked official authorities; verify the current rules before design or bidding decisions.
Common questions about Southern Regional electricity spot market
- Who operates Southern Regional electricity spot market?
- China Southern Power Grid operates Southern Regional electricity spot market, covering China — Guangdong, China — Guangxi, China — Yunnan, China — Guizhou and China — Hainan.
- How is energy traded, priced and settled in Southern Regional electricity spot market?
- Southern Regional electricity spot market: Regional spot-market layer coordinating the five southern provinces while provincial markets and settlements remain analytically distinct.
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