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Within the privatized Electricity Supply Industry (ESI) of the United
Kingdom there exist several ways of selling electricity. This paper co
ncentrates on spot trading with an external pool member outside the En
gland and Wales Pool. The operation of the UK ESI is described to iden
tify the role of the spot market and details are given of the software
which has been written to assist operations engineers in the bidding
process. A typical software run is presented and its application for t
he future is discussed. (C) 1996 Elsevier Science Ltd.