Stanwell bids its available generating capacity into the National Electricity Market (NEM), a wholesale market for the supply and purchase of electricity. The energy output from all power generators is dispatched into a central pool. Electricity generators compete for the right to generate electricity into the pool by submitting competitive price bids to supply nominated quantities of generation in certain timeslots throughout the day.

Stanwell sells the electricity from our power stations into this market pool, and is paid according to the spot price or existing hedge contracts with customers.

The NEM is managed by the National Electricity Market Management Company (NEMMCO).

Stanwell's Trading Division manages the full range of electricity market functions, including spot trading, short and long term derivative dealing, green energy dealing, economic and market forecasting, quantitative analysis, and information technology.