Category: 📘 Glossary & Acronyms
Dispatch
The process of instructing electricity generators to increase or decrease their output in order to balance electricity supply and demand on the power system.
Dispatch is a core operational function of electricity system operators.
Using market offers and system operating conditions, the system operator determines which generators should produce electricity and how much electricity they should generate.
Dispatch decisions must consider:
These decisions are continuously updated as system conditions change.
In Ontario, dispatch decisions are managed by the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO).
If electricity demand rises during a hot summer afternoon, additional generators may be dispatched to increase electricity production.
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