Abstract:The correlation between electricity markets and carbon markets is lack of currently, it cause the market bidding advantage of new energy unit and traditional generator set is not clear. It needs to build a reasonable operation mechanism of the electric-carbon coupling market, and to clarify the market relationship between the new energy generator set and the traditional energy unit.To address the issue of collaborative operation between the electricity spot market and the carbon trading market, this paper constructs an incentive day-ahead clearing method for the electricity spot market under the coupling of electricity carbon market from the perspective of trading entities completing carbon trading through the electricity trading center, to provide a reference for the optimization of the operation mechanism of the electricity spot market. Firstly, a framework for the coupled operation of the electricity carbon market is built through the collaboration of transaction data, transaction subject behavior, and operational mechanisms. Secondly, an incentive day-ahead clearing mechanism for the electricity spot market that includes pre-clearing and formal clearing is designed, it introduces carbon market incentive factors based on dynamic carbon emissions, and corrects the quotations of each unit before clearing them again. Then, a day-ahead market clearing model for electricity spot considering the coupling of electricity and carbon markets is established. Finally, a numerical analysis is conducted on the PJM-5 node power system. The results show that under this mechanism, the clearing power of new energy units increases by 67.29%, carbon emissions decrease by 56.29%, and carbon trading costs decrease by 95.48%. As carbon trading prices and traditional power generation quotes rise, the clearing electricity of new energy units grows. The average clearing price increase as carbon quota ratio and quotes from new energy power generation companies grow.