Solution section
Scarcity & Reliability
How scarcity, reliability and constrained access are managed.
Scarcity & Reliability
Scarcity can appear through high market prices when supply becomes scarce.
Cross-zonal transmission scarcity can also separate prices between zones.
Reliability arrangements vary by jurisdiction and may include:
- energy-market scarcity revenues;
- capacity mechanisms;
- strategic reserves;
- ancillary services.
There is no standard zonal-market mechanism that carries historical scarcity exposure forward as an explicit fairness state.