Wholesale electric power market

Wholesale electric power market
  The purchase and sale of electricity from generators to resellers (retailers), along with the ancillary services needed to maintain reliability and power quality at the transmission level.
  U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration's Energy Glossary

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